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PROGRAMS
Agnes Agnes recently received a sponsor.
Agnes is sixteen years old and in Senior Four. She currently boards at Awegys School and, when at home, lives in her father’s house with her siblings. Her stepsister, Jackline K., is also a student with Mtaala Foundation. Agnes’s mother died in 2004 from cerebral malaria. Agnes writes that as her mother was dying, “she looked like an HIV/AIDS patient because of her symptoms.” After her mother died, Agnes’s father left the family to live with her stepmother. He now visits only on weekends.
“I would like to become a doctor in order to treat the ever increasing disease in our country, especially AIDS,” Agnes writes. She dreams of attending university and enjoys studying religion in school, writing that it teaches her “how someone should live in this environment or society.” In her free time, Agnes loves playing netball, visiting friends, and listening to music.
STUDENT ID: 0002
Ali Ali recently received a sponsor.
Ali is eighteen years old and in Senior Three. His mother died in 1998 of HIV/AIDS and his father passed away in 2005. He has eight siblings, several of whom live in the village with his grandmother. When not at school, Ali lives with his stepsister at home, where he makes mud bricks to earn money to support himself.
Ali dreams of becoming a marine so that he can "fight crime and enjoy life in [the] water." He loves playing volleyball and listening to music. At school, his least favorite subject is Math--he prefers English. “English is interesting," he writes, promising to "study hard" in his classes to achieve his goals.
STUDENT ID: 0012
Ann Ann recently received a sponsor.
Ann was born in 1995 and is in Senior One. She lives at home with her mother and attends Awegys School during the day. She enjoys playing netball and volleyball, reading, and listening to the radio. Her favorite subject in school is biology because, as she writes, “it has good scientific names and I want to be a scientist.” Ann hopes to attend university and become a nurse or an engineer. STUDENT ID: 0021
Brenda Brenda recently received a sponsor.
Brenda is eighteen years old and in Senior Three. She currently boards at Awegys School. When at home, she lives with her sister, her brother-in-law, and their children. Brenda’s father passed away from HIV/AIDS in 1993. Ten years later, her mother died from the disease, as well.
At school, Brenda enjoys learning about agriculture. She also loves to sing, read, and cook. “I want to continue to the university,” Brenda writes. “You have to read very hard...I want to become a nurse to treat sick people.” She adds, “My sister and her husband were finding it very difficult to pay my school but I am happy now that I have a sponsor...Thank you!”
STUDENT ID: 0004
Brenda Brenda recently received a sponsor.
Brenda is fifteen years old and in Senior One. She currently boards at Awegys School and, when at home, lives with her father and stepmother. Her parents separated when she was young; Brenda has not seen her mother for years and does not know where she is. Brenda finds life difficult at home and writes, “I would like to see my mother. I would like to be loved. I would like to be cared for.”
Despite the hardships she has faced, Brenda is playful and almost always wears a smile on her face. In her free time, Brenda likes playing sports, dancing, and singing. Her favorite subjects in school are biology and chemistry. “I want to join university...and become a doctor so I can treat people,” Brenda writes.
STUDENT ID: 0026
Brian Brian recently received a sponsor.
Brian is fifteen years old and in Senior One. He currently boards at Awegys and, when at home, lives with his aunt. Brian one of five children; his parents separated in 2001 and his mother left with Brian’s sisters. Brian’s father used to drive a taxi but stopped when he developed back problems. Brian now relies on his aunt for support.
His favorite class is English, and in his free time he likes playing football (soccer) and volleyball, and visiting friends. He loves taking photos with a camera and has a natural talent for photography. Brian dreams of attending university and one day becoming a professional athlete.
STUDENT ID: 0009
Deborah Deborah recently received a sponsor.
Deborah is fifteen years old and in Senior Two. She boards at Awegys School, but when at home, lives with her younger sister and her mother. Deborah’s mother has not been able to find work since her previous business—a secondhand clothing shop—shut down, and her father cannot afford to take care of her.
Of all her studies in school, Deborah enjoys biology the most. “I want to become a doctor in the future,” she writes, and hopes to “attend Makerere University” in Uganda. When she is not studying, Deborah likes to read novels, sing, and watch Nigerian movies. But “I will study and read very hard in order to achieve my goals,” Deborah says. “I am disciplined and like to study.”
STUDENT ID: 001
Brenda Brenda recently received a sponsor.
Brenda is fourteen years old and lives with her brothers Bonny and Francis, both of whom are seeking sponsorship, and her elderly grandparents. Both of her parents died of HIV/AIDS. Their grandfather is too old to garden, so she and her grandmother grow food. Her grandparents sold their cow and some crops to pay for her eldest brother to attend secondary school, but last term he was forced to drop out because there was nothing left to sell.
Brenda walked a very long distance every day to attend primary school. She enjoys cooking and her favorite subject is Science, because she wants to be a nurse. “If my grandparents fail to support my secondary education next year, I will study the last class of primary again because I don’t want to just stay at home – I want to study. Please help me so that I don’t drop out of school.”
Apio Apio recently received a sponsor.
Apio is sixteen years old and lives with her brother. She is the third born of six children. Both of her parents passed away. She now lives with her brother, who has a family and two children.
Apio enjoys the high jump, and in her spare time she digs the land. At school her favorite subject is Math. She hopes to go to university and becoming a nurse to “help to treat other people.” Her brother does not have a stable source of income and is very committed to educating her, but is not able to support her secondary education financially. Without sponsorship Apio will be unable to continue her education.
“I request for your support so I can study and complete secondary school,” she says. STUDENT ID: 0050
Beatrice Beatrice recently received a sponsor.
Beatrice is fourteen years old. Her parents separated when she was very young and she moved with her mother to live with her grandmother in the village. In 2001, her mother was killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels while she was returning from the garden. Beatrice then moved with her grandmother to a town. Her grandmother sells some charcoal and tomatoes in the town to make a little money, but it is barely enough to support them.
Beatrice enjoys playing netball and reading story books. Her favorite subject is Science. She dreams of attending university to become a nurse “because I want to improve the health of the community...I pray to God that I may get sponsorship to study.” STUDENT ID: 0052
Brenda Brenda recently received a sponsor.
Brenda is fifteen years old and has recently completed primary school. She is the sixth born of eleven children. Both her parents were killed in a road traffic accident while walking home from her father’s workplace, the local secondary school, in May 2007. Her eldest sister’s husband began to provide for the family, also a secondary school teacher. Unfortunately in May 2008 he died from HIV/AIDS. Brenda’s elder sisters have been forced to drop out of school. Without sponsorship Brenda will be unable to continue her education.
“I would like to go to university. In the future I would like to be a doctor because it helps save lives.” To achieve her dream Brenda says she must be “hard working in school” and do lots of “reading.” At school she enjoys English and in her free time she likes to play volley ball.
