Lisa applied for our scholarship program with an email of the following content:

"I am Lisa Brenda K., a Ugandan teenage girl aged 15. I live in a suburb of Kasese Municipality, an urban area in western Uganda. I completed grade 7 of primary school when I took my primary school leaving exams in April 2021. These exams are offered by the Uganda National Examinations Board and were supposed to be held in November 2020 according to the government calendar, but the Covid 19 intervention changed everything. The results of the exams we took in April were released at the end of June 2021. I was one of the lucky candidates in our class who scored in the enviable top Division One with an impressive overall score of 7 in four subjects (Math, Science, English, and Social Studies). I passed with distinction in all 4 subjects, i.e. Math D2, Science D2, English D2 and Social Studies D1. By the grace of God, I found a former aide who funded my studies for Senior 1 and now Senior 2. The sponsor ran out of money and I am now in danger of dropping out of school.  I and my other three female siblings live together with our unemployed mother in a half-finished building in Kisanga A cell, Nyamwamba Division in Kasese Municipality. Our father left the house many years ago and moved to another place with a new wife. Even if he were around, it would be of no use as he has dedicated his life to excessive drinking and no longer cares about our welfare. As late as April 2021, when I was about to take my exams, my mother developed a mental problem and was taken by family members to a Buhinga referral hospital in Fort Portal City, where she stayed for several days. She was discharged in early May 2021, but has not fully recovered to this day."

In cooperation with the registered NGO Kasese Young Single Mothers Association (Kiyosima), we have enrolled Lisa in our scholarship program and will fund her schooling.