Kigozi Frank, born 26th June 2001.
Frank is the first born among four children and his family lives in a single roomed house. Before he was sponsored, he had spent one month without going to school. He used to be on and off school because the father couldn’t give him a stable education. The father is a motor cyclist (boda boda cyclist) who rides people for a pay. This is how he is able to earn a living and support his family. The mother is jobless, she stays at home to take care of the four kids. Frank had a sponsor who stopped and we had to take him out of school. He is now searching for a new sponsor who can support his education.
Kalivamuki Shaluwa , born 26th July 2000.
She lives in Katanga slum with 7 other siblings. Before she was sponsored, She was on and off school because her parents could not afford to give her a stable education. Her father does not have a job and could not afford to take care of the family of 7 children. It is only the mother who takes care of all the family needs, by cooking food in small eating places in the slum. She earns a small wage each day, and that’s how they are able to pay for the rent and buy food. Saluwa had a sponsor who stopped and now she is looking for a new one to help her continue with her education.
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Daniel Hiire, born 30th June 1999.
Before sponsorship Daniel was out of school, most of the time. He was on and off school due to lack of school fees. For a long while his father had no job and Daniel and his father were depending on different people to help them with money and food and so Daniel was not able to have a stable education. Since Daniel was the only child in his family that got a chance to got to school, he spends most of his time with his father because the mother lives in the village, together with the rest of the other siblings. He only sees his mother when he goes back to the village for holidays. The father now tries to earn some money as a cleaner in peoples’ compounds. Unfortunately by the start of 2014 we had to stop paying for Daniel’s school fees when the sponsor stopped. Without a sponsor, he now has to go back to the village and be with his mother and other siblings that are not going to school. He is now hoping to go back to school with the help of a new sponsor.
Sentumwa Frank, born 23th November 2003.
He stays with his mother in Nateete slum. His mother was forced to separate from her husband by her religious relatives because she is a Muslim and the husband is Catholic. She was left with 2 children to take of by herself. Frank has a brother has been having complications with his Pancreas ever since he was a child. The mother spends every single cent she gets on treating the brother and ends up with no money to pay for Frank’s School fees. Frank’s wish was to be able to go to school and help his sick brother in future. He got sponsored in 2011 but in 2013 the sponsor stopped paying for him and we had to take him out of school before the start of 2014. Frank needs a new sponsor to help him continue with school.
Namusisi Bridget, Born: 1st September 1998.
Bridget was abandoned by her father when she was 9 years old. She was left with her mother and a younger sibling. They have never seen the father again ever since he left and they still don’t know whether he is alive or dead. The mother is now taking care of Bridget, her sister and 6 other siblings that came from another failed marriage. The mother roasts maize (corn) and sells it along the roadside, to be able to earn money to feed her family. Before she was sponsored, Bridget spent a whole year without going to school because the school fees was impossible for them to afford. She was later sponsored but when the sponsor stopped, we had to take her out of school. She is hoping to find a new sponsor family to help her continue with school.
Mayanja Stephen Roberts, born 4th July 2000
He lost his mother when he was four years old and was left with just his father and four of his siblings. He lives in Katanga slum with his father and stepmother. The father works as a cleaner at a petrol station to help him earn a living and take care of his family. With this money he needs to pay rent, buy the basic needs like food and pay school fees at the nearby schools near the slum. Steven had a sponsor but the sponsor stopped in May 2012 and he we had to stop him from going to school. His hope is that he can find a sponsor to help him have a stable education.
Nakamatte Brenda, Born 12th /05/1997.
She was born with HIV/AIDS. She lost her father to HIV/AIDS and the mother is also suffering from AIDS. Brenda is living with her mother and 2 other siblings in a single small muddy house they are renting in Katanga slum. The mother was employed by someone to sell tea in the slum where she could earns some money for the family, but it was not enough to sustain their needs like food, school fees, rent, clothing etc. Brenda comes from a family of 6 children but unfortunately one child died. The rest of the siblings that don’t live with her in Katanga slum, are staying in the village. She had a sponsor who stopped 2014 and we had to take her out of school as we find her another sponsor to support her education.
Mayanja Derrick, born 30th Sept 1997 .
Background: He lives in Ndejje, with his mother, and siblings. He lost his father to a car accident, and he was left with his mother and two other siblings. At the time, His mother was left helpless, without a job that would allow her continue taking care of her family. She failed to send Derrick to a descent school and from that time on, Derrick was on and off school, because they could barely afford the school fees. This went on until when Derrick got a sponsor. He was able to go to a good school and have a good education. Now that his sponsor has stopped, he urgently needs a sponsor to help him continue his education but also enable him seat for the final exams in November 2015. Failing to find him a new sponsor will mean having to leave school, for Derrick.
Namboowa Patricia, born 7th November 2003.
Background: Patricia lost her father when she was still very young and is now staying with her mother in Nabweru. Before she was sponsored, she was on and off school because her mother had no job and she could not pay for her school fees because the small job she had at the Diamond house as a house maid was over and since then she had never got a job anywhere. Sometimes she gets money to survive by doing small jobs around her home such as washing people’s clothes but they pay her little. Patricia had a sponsor who stopped and now she is searching for a new one to help her continue with Education.
Nanteza Maria Tendo, born 4th March 1998.
Background: She lost her father and she stays with her mother in Katanga slum. The mother got a job as a waitress in a small eating joint in the slum. The money that the mother earns falls short of providing school fees for Maria and her step-siblings, pay rent, and provide for most of their basic needs. It can only provide for the food they eat on a day to day basis. Maria had a sponsor but the sponsor stopped in March 2012. She is now looking for a new sponsor to help her continue with her education.
Namirimu Sherina, born 5th December 2004.
Background: Her father died of tetanus on 1st September 2007. She is staying with her mother in Kamwokya. The mother does all kinds of jobs like washing people's cloths, maid in people’s homes to earn a living. Unfortuately, even with all the odd jobs that she does, the money she gets cannot provide for them with basic needs, school fees and paying rent. Before sponsorship, Sherina was on and off school because the mother can’t afford to pay for all the school fees, school requirements as well as feed them. She was once sponsored but the first sponsor she had stopped in June 2011. The new sponsor she got in 2012 also stopped paying for her and we had to take her out of school.
Adong Suzan, born 4th December 1996
Background: She was born in Gulu Northern Uganda, a war zone for the Kony rebels where both her parents died when she was a young girl, and her grandmother started taking care of her. Her grandmother used to mistreat her by making her carry heavy loads and do work which was too much for her. She was sent away from school due to lack of school fees because the grandmother couldn’t afford it since she was living deep in the village without a job and very old. Susan was brought to Kampala city by an orphanage group which was looking for orphans so that they can find for them sponsors to take them to school but in December 2014, the orphanage stopped looking after her. Suzan had a sponsor before who stopped in 2014. And now that the sponsor stopped, she is looking for a new sponsor to take care of her education.
Masake Clinceman, born 13th June 2004
Background: Before he was sponsored, he stopped going to school for one whole year in 2009 after being abandoned by his father due to the misunderstandings between the parents. He and her sister Cynthia used to wash clothes for neighbors, the work that the mother used to do before falling sick in order to get money for food and rent. They used to have one meal a day since they didn’t earn everyday because the job was not permanent. In 2010 the mother had started washing clothes for people, selling Forever Living Products so that she can take her children to school. In that same year the mother fell sick again and it took her long time to recover and still the children were the ones to look out for food and they were still out of school. Clince has been sponsored but the sponsor stopped recently in May 2015. He loved being at school and having a stable education. Now that his sponsor stopped and we have to take him out of school next term. He hopes to get a new sponsor to help him go back to school.
Kantono Halima
She is 9 years old. She lives in Katanga slum with her mother with 2 other siblings. The father died in 2013. Halima’s mother used to sell maize along side the road but she had to stop because she and other vendors were banned from selling on the roads. Halima stopped going to school 5 years back and right now she is not at school. The mother has no job and could not continue to support her children’s education at the poor school in Katanga. Halima is looking for an opportunity to go back to school.
Kato Stephen, born 4th March 2003.
He stays with his mother, twin brother and grand mother in a muddy small single house in Katanga slum. He is a twin brother to Christopher. The father is a hawker and also stays in Katanga but does not support the family. The mother is hired to remove beans from their pods, and when she has filled up a cup of beans, she is paid the equivalent of 0.02 dollars. With the money that she earns she has to find a way to feed her children and pay rent and there is nothing left for paying school fees. Stephen has always been on and off school. He Is looking for an opportunity of going to a good school and have a stable education.
Katushabe Grace,
She is 8 years old and she stays with her father and step mother in Katanga slum. She was abandoned by the mother when her parents separated. Sometimes she comes to visit once in a while. The father is a hawker and he walks on the streets in Kampala selling peas in polythene bags. Grace has been on and off school because the father has no stable income where he can get money and take care of the family. She is looking for an opportunity of going to a good school and have a stable education.
Kyagaba Jordan, born 9th November 2008.
She stays in Katanga slum with her mother who cooks and sells food from home and sells it to earn a living. Jordan has spent 2 school terms without going to school because the mother had no money to pay his school fees since she was spending the money on her other child who was sick for a long time and later died this year.
The parents separated but the father takes long to visit them and to give them support.
He is looking for an opportunity of going to school again like other children.
Kyomugisha Annet, Born 21st December, 2000.
She stays in Katanga slum with her mother but the father disappeared from home and it is one year now since he left. She stopped going to school in November 2014 because the mother could not afford paying her school. The mother sells tomatoes on a small stall in Katanga slum and the money she earns is not enough to pay for the school fees as well as feed and pay rent. Annet is looking for an opportunity of going to school and make her dream come true.
Nalubega Catherine, born 9th February 2007.
Background: She is a sister to Namirimu Sherina. Her father died of tetanus on 1st September 2007. She is staying with her mother in Kamwokya slum in Kampala. The mother is working as a house maid in people’s homes. Since she has no stable job she keeps on changing to different jobs and tries to find different homes to work in. The money she is getting cannot support them with all the basic needs, school fees and paying rent. Catherine is always on and off school because the mother can’t afford to pay for all the school fees and the school requirements as well as feed them. She is looking for a sponsor to support her.
Nangobi Zaituni. Born 4th August, 2008.
She lives in Katanga slum and she is the last born of 3 children. The children live with their mother alone because their father abandoned them. The mother tailors clothes at home to be able to feed her children and to pay rent for the room that they live in at the slum. Zaituni has spent 1 year without going to school because the mother can not support her education. She is now looking for an opportunity to go back to
Sserugoti Stephen. He is around 6 years old but his mother is not very sure. He is lives in Katanga Slum with his mother and 5 other siblings. The father is a drunkard and doesn’t take care of the children. The mother used to sweep roads for a daily wage, but in July she was fired from the job and she had to stop working. They had to move out of their house, and they are now living in a small house, with another family in Katanga. The family they live with in the slum is a friend to the mother, but when they are away, Stephen, his mother and siblings have to stay outside until they come back. The mother tries to feed her kids by doing many jobs like washing clothes but none of it is enough to pay school fees or rent a house in the slum. Stephen is looking for an opportunity to have a stable education.
Wasswa Christopher, born 4th March 2003.
He stays with his mother, twin brother and grand mother in a muddy small single house in Katanga slum. He is a twin brother to Kato Stephen. The father is a hawker and also stays in Katanga but does not support the family. The mother is hired to remove beans from their pods, and when she has filled up a cup of beans, she is paid the equivalent of 0.02 dollars. With the money that she earns she has to find a way to feed her children and pay rent and there is nothing left for paying school fees. Christopher has always been on and off school. He Is looking for an opportunity of going to a good school and have a stable education.
Kanantayi Trevor, Born 15th January 2007.
He was abandoned by his father when he was still in his mother’s womb. Since then, the mother has never seen him again. He is always on and off school because the mother can not afford to pay the school fees. Trevor stays in Katanga slum with his mother at his grandmother’s house and the mother is hired to take beans out of their pods, and she is paid for every cup that she can fill up.. The money she gets cannot pay school fees, rent a house, feed them and also buy other basic needs. He is looking for an opportunity to have a stable education.
