After completing the Primary level at GCS, I finished the first four years (Ordinary-Level) and took my national exams, which did not come out as expected. I had lost hope of moving up to the Advanced level (S5-S6), but our social worker in Buyamba encouraged me and told me that I would become successful in life if I followed my dream. I heeded her advice, and since I had always loved children and had a passion for them, I decided to enroll in Early Childhood Development.

In 2019, I joined the Primary Teachers' College in Ggaba, still under the support of the Buyamba program. I finished my courses, and I am now a teacher by profession. I dearly love children and mentoring the younger generation by unveiling hope to them for a better future. That is why I am happy to boast about the Godly trail of love that Buyamba instilled in me that I also desire to invest in generations to come. Since joining Buyamba, I have been blessed and comfortable in their care.

Susan was raised by a single mother who could hardly afford a daily meal at home, Buyamba started helping her since Primary three (Grade 3) class. She comes from one of our bush communities called Buwama (in southwestern Uganda). Susan has experienced a lot of hardships in her education journey to the point of giving up, given the fact they couldn’t afford a casual meal and the basics at home. But while at school, she was encouraged by the teachers and the environment at school, which gave her hope to keep pushing on. After her S6 class graduated in 2017, she had passed her national examinations well, but she thought that was the end of her education journey since there was no hope at home... But now, she is the family’s pride, for she is the first child (and a “girl” at that) in the entire family to go University. She is giving hope to the girls in her community that it is possible to make it as a girl! She is a living hope.