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Every student here has shared their story with us. Your support pays school fees directly through the Lighthouse Farms International Child Scholarship program.
Maclean
≈ UGX 570,000
Dream: Becoming a nurse. She is the very first child in her entire family to reach secondary school. Raised by a hard-working single mother, Maclean dreams of becoming a nurse so she can treat people in need.
Tracy
≈ UGX 950,000
Dream: Continuing her education. Her family is in a medical crisis, as her father is battling stage 3 cancer. All family income goes toward his treatment, which sadly prevented Tracy from reporting for her second term.
Gift
≈ UGX 760,000
Dream: Staying in school. She is supported by her unemployed sister. Because they cannot afford boarding fees, Gift must walk incredibly long distances to and from school every day just to learn. For most of this term she has been sent home by administrators due to unpaid tuition, causing her to miss most of her classes.
Aggrey
UGX 1,900,000
Aggrey finished high school a year ago but could not join university because her single mother then could not afford to send him and her siblings to school. Sadly their mother has since passed on and Aggrey is the head of the family burdened with feeding, protecting and providing for his siblings. Your support does not only help him now but will in future enable him to find a job to care for his family.
Michael
UGX 380,000
Michael is a last born of his family and is Primary Six. He is a joly bright boy that loves school. He lost his mother to cancer few months ago and urgently needs your financial support to continue with school to finish primary school education.
Junior
UGX 760,000
Junior has a unique story. He has never seen his father and therefore does not know any of his relatives. The mother is of Tanzania descent but has been living in Uganda since she was a teenager. Junior a very talented young man and even bright in class. He is able to professionally make African sandals, repair bibles and hardcover books. Keeping him in school is essential for himself and the other siblings that do not know their father or relatives.