Dreams can come true

Former goats herder Joseph Ebuya became the world cross-country champion and now has ambitions to win the 2012 Olympics in London.

The 22 year old Kenyan athlete from a deprived family is a living proof that dreams can come true. His parents couldn't send him to school so he became a goats herder instead. As he was determined to become a world champion, he started training in jeans and leather shoes. He then left his home to make his dream come true and started professional training in 2004.

Two years later, he won the World silver 10,000 junior silver and came fourth in the Commonwealth Games 5,000m.

He said: "I started running with little expectations […] I never dreamt I could race against world beaters, although my instincts kept telling me that I would step onto the world scene. I call upon my fellow herdsmen to take up running. I'll strive to ensure that we set up an athletics training camp in Turkana and I want to change their lives."