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Kevin (16) from Lira dropped out of school after completing PLE in 2019. She was not able to join Senior […]

My name is Fred. I am  the second born of five children (four boys and one girl). We have grown up with our paternal grandmother in Namatala slum, Mbale City.

Sandra from Okworo-Okworo in Lira City East last attended school in primary two (P 2 class) at Akia primary school in 2017 due to poverty since her family couldn’t raise even the few school requiements considering they were many children at home. She is the fifth born out of seven siblings of her mother plus many from her father.

Kevin (16) from LIra dropped out of school after completing PLE in 2019. She was not able to join Senior One in 2020 because of her poor family could not afford the fees and other requirements.

Ayao Oliver aged 17 years old hails from Apac districtand is the second born in her family. Since her childhood,she

Brian(16) dropped out school in primary four(4) in 2018. In 2018, he joined the streets of Lira town after the separation of his parents that left him and his siblings with their grandmother and uncle.

Isaac(15) left his fathers’s home  in Otuke District in May 2018 andjoined the  streets of Lira town. This was after the demise of his mother in 2017. His father married another wife who subjected him to intermittent beatings,torture and falsely accused him before his father. Isaac says,“my father would get so annoyed with me and one day he said that he would kill me if he heard anything again.This scared me so much that I ran to the streets in Lira town in a bid to save my life..“

David, 16 years-old is brown stout and muscular teen from railway quarters, Walukuba-Masese division, in Jinja town, Eastern Uganda. He is raised by a single mom along with his two siblings after their father deserted their home.

Mateba Vincent is a 17 year old who has spent 5 years on the streets.

He hails from Mwongot village in Sironko district. He came to the streets because his family was facing constant torture, discrimination and harassment from the neighbors who sold them land. The father had bought a piece of land and came to stay on it.

Stressful moments in life can be a disaster often leading to poor health conditions more so when a hand is lacking. Mary K (62), is lives in a mud and wattle structure with six (6) orphaned grandchildren of her late daughters whose paternity is even unknown.