Since his father abandoned their family and his whereabouts are unknown, Timothy and his siblings have remained with their mother. She is struggling to feed her four children by frying and selling cassava on the street. She is able to get enough money this way to clothe them, and sometimes she also digs in people’s gardens in exchange for food, but she finds it too difficult to afford the school fees for her children.

Timothy is a kind boy who would like to become a pilot is he is able to finish his education, which he will most likely not be able to do without a sponsorship.