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My name is Keren Asekenye, I am thankful to God for Project Princess Initiative because I had dropped out of school. My father had lost his job and my mother was a stay at home mom. This meant I would never achieve my dream of being a banker. I stayed home without schooling for over a year. I would cry every day with no hope. One lucky day, PPI visited my sister’s school. She was their PRINCESS and they had already found her a sponsor. This time she told them about me and my need. The following week, PPI visited our home and they agreed to find me a sponsor after accessing my vulnerable situation and the desire I had for school. I am so blessed to know Dr. Ben and Pat Allen from St. Louis who have been my sponsors through high school until I finished my degree at the University. I completed and graduated with a Bachelors in Economics and Banking but it was all achieved after I joined the project. God is faithful. We are grateful to Ms. Fiona for allowing God to use her through the PPI ministry, so we can reach our dreams. Am now a very proud PPI big Girl who scored highly at University with a first class degree. God is really faithful and I pray for blessings to PPI to touch more lives.

My name is, 25 years. It has been a bushy and thorny route with so many ups and downs but I can now proudly say am a VICTOR.

It’s a while ago when I finished my Primary seven and was uncertain to join High school, this was not because I didn’t want to enroll but it was solely due to poverty, I come from a family of seven with five girls and 2 boys but our parents really struggled to educate, feed, cloth and provide for us medical care. My father was the main family breadwinner until 2017 when he passed on and my mother who later got an eye sight blindness was a house wife. My father’s passing was another hard moment because i had lost hope to join high school. With all that struggle, our parents where Christians who always encouraged us to engage in prayers even during trying moments and later in 2018, a good Samaritan helped and paid two terms for me to enroll in high school at Kira secondary school.

As I was puzzled who was to pay for my term three of senior one, a group of counsellors from Project princess initiative visited our school for an outreach. Since the school coordinator Ms. Babirye knew all my financial struggles, she could sometimes plead for me when being chased back home for fees. Due to that reason, she approached the PPI team and requested for financial support towards my education. The PPI team recorded my information and by the following year, I had already got a sponsor Ms. Harriet who paid my fees until I finished my senior six. I was very honored and thankful to God for such an opportunity, I made sure to use that chance to perform better in school and I learnt liquid soap making as a skill taught by PPI and i was able to set up a business store to sell liquid soap. With this business, I was able to enroll and graduate with a certificate in Electrical installation from Lady Valeria Vocational school and Management. Due to my good scores, I was retained by this vocational school as a tutor as well as working with different electrical installation companies in my free time. My goal is to work and give a hand to other girls in a similar condition as I was in.

Am humbled to be part of Project Princess Initiative and may God bless the Director, Donors, sponsors and well-wishers.

My name is Natukunda Immaculate 23 years old, now a qualified Midwife by Profession with a certificate from Nsambya Teaching and Training Hospital, a qualification I never imagined would be possible. I am number 2 of 3, 1 boy and 2 girls, and am proud to mention that I am a victor because my education journey was not on a silver spoon.

My mother moves door to door selling fish, such a person is ccommonly referred to as “owebyenyanja” (a person who sells fish) in “Ganda” language. This business is so important to my family that medication, clothing, house rent, school fees and feeding all come from this business. It is such a challenging business due to the limited number of clients and sometimes she would come home without a single sale.

On the other hand, my father struggles to run a food stall and due to that, these two businesses do not yield adequate money to cater for us and all other family needs.

Living in a single roomed house, we could keep the fish in ventilators and in windows to create space for us to sleep. Getting food, education, clothing and medication was close to impossible because the earnings from my parents’ businesses would not enable them sustain the family. We could go to school in turns due to inability to pay tuition fees and this merely shattered my dreams for education because of my irregular attendances in school. My family lacked school fees, sanitary towels, decent dressing and always survived on a single meal a day while consuming unboiled water.

My dream since childhood was to become a doctor due to the sickly condition of my family members and the inability to access medical care but due to the financial struggles my parents where going through, my dreams were left hanging because we attended school in turns with difficulty in fees payment. All my other siblings were always in and out of school, my parents could not afford basic needs and that is how my elder sister Patricia dropped out of school. All these struggles left me worried whether I would be someone in future.

We always walked about 600 meters to the springs to fetch water but we put all our trust in God hoping one day, He would change the story. I continued to work hard, cleaning the school compound and classes to raise my tuition. 

One day during a community outreach drive, PPI visited my home and I registered to join their program and this was the beginning of my success story. I joined the skills development sessions in school breaks, mentorship classes and after PPI learning about my story, I was chosen for sponsorship. I was too determined to achieve my dream therefore PPI encouraged me to join Nsambya Nursing and Teaching hospital from where I achieved the Nursing qualification to becoming a Midwife. I currently have a good job, able to help my family and determined to help out other girls who are going through a very hard time and need encouragement.

I am extremely overwhelmed with thanksgiving and joy that finally PPI has made my dream become a reality and I must say, THANK YOU JESUS!