"Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is thus shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert F. Kennedy
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PUTTING A FACE ON PABBO
Meet some of the students who are counting on YOU:
These are twelve students currently attending Pabbo Secondary School in Northern Uganda. We are working to rebuild and refurnish their school to supply them with clean water, teachers, schools supplies, a new building, dormitories and solar power. Prior to the war, Pabbo was a boarding school, but now, the school is unable to allow students to live on-campus in dormitories. Pabbo Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp is near the school, and is the largest in Northern Uganda. There are currently 400 students attending Pabbo Secondary School, all of them live in IDP camps and must walk up to two miles every day to school. Many of the students are orphans, formerly abducted child soldiers, or child mothers, and a few suffer from HIV/AIDS.
The one thing the youth there yearn for is an education above anything else and we are going to give them just that. Here are the profiles of Uganda's future leaders and current Pabbo Secondary School students:
1. Abalo Godfrey, 17 Abalo has both of his parents, but he is living with his paternal uncle in a household containing seven children. He travels a distance of 3 km to school on foot. In the future, he wants to be a doctor.
2. Aciro Poline, 17 Aciro Poline still has both her parents. She is one of seven children, and during the school year she lives alone 32 km away from home. She walks 3 km from her lonely residence to school and back everyday, and she is studying hard in hopes of becoming a nurse.
3. Angwech Evalyn, 17 Angweth has both of her parents as well as six brothers and sisters, but she lives alone 32 km away from home. She walks 3 km to school and back every day, and she is studying to become a teacher.
4. Anywar Simon Peter, 18 Anywar is a partial orphan who lost his father in 1992. He is living with his mother and four other brothers and sisters. He walks a distance of 3 km to school and back every day. Anywar's mother has been supporting him so that someday he can be a mechanic.
5. Aromorach Jennifer, 17 Aromorech is living with her parents in a family of five children. She walks a distance of 3 km to school. Her father has been supporting her so that someday she can become a nurse.
6. Atenyo Evalyn, 16 Atenyo is an orphan living with her aunt in a family of five children. She lost her mother in 1994 and her father in 2004. Atenyo walks 3 km to school and back every day, and she is studying hard to become a nurse.
7. Odoch David Opoka, 18 Odoch is an orphan who lost both his parents in 1996. He is living with his brother who has a family of six children. Odoch walks a distance of 3 km to school. Odoch, whose school fees have been paid by his brother, wants to be a teacher, and eventually a District Education Officer.
8. Odong Anthony, 18 Odong lives with both of his parents in a family of eight children. He walks on foot to school, which is 3 km away from home. He is thinking of becoming a doctor in the future.
9. Ojok Amos, 17 Ojok is a partial orphan who lost his mother in 1997. He is living with his father in a family of 7 children. Ojok walks 3 km to school every day, and he is interested in mechanics. Up until now, his father has been struggling to pay his fees.
10. Okello M. Richard, 18 Okello Richard is an orphan who lost his father in 2002 and his mother just two years later. He is living with his aunt in a family of seven children. Up until now, his aunt and another uncle have been sharing the responsibility of his school fees. He walks 3 km to school every day, and has a dream of becoming a policeman when his studies are over.
11. Oyella Agness Oloya, 17 Oyella lost her father in 2002, and is currently living with her mother. She walks to school 3 km every day, and up until now her mother has struggled to pay her fees. Oyella hopes to be a nurse.
12. Okello Michael, 17 Okello Michael lost his father when he was just a boy in 1986, and his mother in 2001. He is an orphan living with his maternal uncle in a family of six children. Okello Michael walks 3 km to school, and studies hard to become a teacher.
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