Our proteges

Name: Isaac

Gender: Male

Age: 01/01/2014

Grade: Class Primary Three

Child ID: C202216

Isaac is in primary three. He is intelligent and disciplined boy. Both of his parents do not have a permanent employment and face difficulties to meet their daily expenses. He is focused and believes given opportunity to get educated. He will make it in life and assist his parents.


Name: Penelope

Gender: Female

Age: 01/01/2014

Grade: Class Primary Three

Child ID: C202217

Penelope enjoys going to school and hopes to become a nurse when she grows up.  She enjoys studying, dancing and playing with her friends.  Her mom is a petty trader and her father is a peasant so they do not make enough to support their children’s education.


Name: Treasure

Gender: Male

Age: 01/01/2014

Grade: Class Primary Three

Child ID: C202218

Treasure is an only child that lives with his parents in a single room in a large compound that has 30 other inhabitants.  His mother runs a small grocery store while his father is a causal laborer. The family dreams of better days ahead as they currently struggle to meet their day-to-day needs, including Treasure’s school fees.

Treasure attends the local primary school and is in primary second class.  His favorite subject is Math, and he loves to draw. He told us that he hopes to become a doctor someday.


Name: Esther

Gender: Female

Age: 01/01/2014

Grade: Class Primary Three

Child ID: C202219

Esther’s family lives in a single room zinc house that heavily leaks during the rains. Accessibility to both water and electricity supply is very challenging for people living in that surrounding. Esther’s mother is a petty trader and finds it challenging to take care of Esther and her siblings because she has very little help from Esther’s father.  A year ago, Esther’s mom almost went blind when she suffered a severe medical condition. She is gradually making progress with her health. Esther dreams of becoming a lawyer in the future and help fight for justice in her society.


Name: Grace

Gender: Male

Age: 01/01/2014

Grade: Class Primary Three

Child ID: C202210

At home Grace is called by the nickname Mbago. His mum and dad both worked as daily labourers when he was born. However his father after struggling with a number of health issues left their family when Grace was only 1. As a result Grace’s mother struggles to fulfill her family’s needs with her small income. Grace and her family live in a one roomed mud house.  They have an old wooden bed and a straw mattress which is not sufficient for the whole family. Grace has one pair of plastic shoes and wears old clothes.