All Ugandan girls should be able to go to school!

The 2017 school year began on February 6^th and the students have been working hard to make this a great year.  There are 765 total students this year from nursery through university!  Of these, 53% of the students are girls! Yes, that means over half of the student body at Nyaka are female.  Thank you for giving these girls the opportunity to go to school and giving them hope for bright and successful futures.  We also welcomed 28 new girls in the nursery classes this year in Nyaka Primary School and Kutamba Primary School.  These young girls are smart, tough, and ready to take on their futures.

Could you imagine if girls with this much potential weren’t able to go to school?  For instance, Primah is an amazing and smart young lady.  She is 14 years old and in her second year at Nyaka Vocational Secondary School (NVSS).  Primah is very thankful for the opportunity she has to be in school.  She is Treasurer of the Scripture Club and enjoys reading.  Her favorite subject in school in Physics because she enjoys working on calculations.  Primah wouldn’t be in school at all if it wasn’t for the support she receives from you.  

Thank you for giving these girls the chance to end the cycle of poverty they were born into and for helping to close the gender disparity gap in Uganda!

Links:

• Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project Website

Flavia is a 16 year old girl at Nyaka Vocational Secondary School (NVSS).  She just completed her 2^nd year of vocational training and is an inspiration for girls everywhere.  Instead of choosing a traditionally female vocation course, like tailoring, Flavia wants to become a building engineer when she graduates.  Thank you for giving her the opportunity to enter a field that has always been ran by men.

Life has been difficult for Flavia and her family, so she is determined to change her future for the better.  She was only a year old when her father passed away.  Her mother was left to raise her and her four siblings.  This single-mother family was very poor.  Sometimes Flavia’s mother would work on plantations to make a little money for the family.  However, this was hard on the mother and most of the time she couldn’t even meet basic needs for her children.

Flavia’s life changed when she became a nursery student at Kutamba Primary School.  She writes,

My relief came from Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project through the construction of Kutamba Primary School.  I was admitted to the school in 2007 upon its opening and was able to study from there up to 2014 when I completed Primary 7.  The next year I joined the wonderful Nyaka Vocational Secondary School.  I enrolled in the newly established vocational class opted for Building and Concrete Practice, a course most people consider to be for males. 

I am determined to become a great engineer and inspire other ladies into the same profession.  Being strong and hardworking, I took up this course to become a great and trustworthy engineer in a field that is male dominated.  I see my dreams coming true in the near future.

Flavia will be an amazing engineer when she is finished with school.  She will be a role for other young girls who are also interested in careers that aren’t usually pursued by women.  You have given her the confidence and courage she needs to pursue her dream and become a successful, professional woman.  Thank you for giving Flavia the chance to break the cycle of poverty that she was raised in.  

Links:

• Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project Website