I am Eddy, This can be the beginning of this Charity I still wonder how I have managed to do it!! One time during school (2010) It was in my first year at university, I was only 20, we had a training/research, so my friend asked me to go with him in his community, it was a about 6 hour drive from school and 7 from my home village. When we reached the place, it was around 12 noon, we found many kids age 3- 18 at home, and some had babies on their back!! Many where moving on the village, others working on farms! It was really a strange thing to me, I asked people we found why It was that way, asked why kids where not at school, why kids not yet 17years have babies, why kids look that way, no clean, no clothes, no bath!!, I felt crying, yes many kids don’t go to school but not like I saw, almost all of them hadn’t!! Guardians told me a lot of things. I saw a woman selling over 100 big sugar canes at Ugx 4000 ($1.6)!!!! really this thing put me down, they told me it is what happens in the whole community, I had to call kids I saw to write down their names, class and age, many didn’t know how to write, not good to say but they were dirty, no washing. I didn’t have money just like any student, I decided to take only 11 names, in about 3 weeks I had worked harder and harder, endure and got some money, saved on everything, up keep, transport at times I could miss food at the canteen and keep money, I bought pencils, books, pen, colors, sharpener, rulers, clear bags, eh! and sweets. The most wonder I found was, “about 20 Elderly women and men and 30 kids more”!!! I couldn’t imagine!! All kneeling for a 20 year old kid (Me) to help their grandsons!! I told them the truth, I have no job, I am a student, and even getting a single coin was a tag of war!!(Not easy at all) They couldn’t believe. Elderly asking me as if I had it all! I had to tell them “ you should wait for me and I see what I could do but I am not promising you” but in my heart I couldn’t let that happen, “I have had some education, why not these poor innocent kids” I had my phone and took photo of the kids without them noticing, I had to go back and I doubled the saving and efforts, involved in family business and asked parents instead of the little pay, given me supplies, they accepted but still was very little, asked friends to help, it was ruining me, friends couldn’t give a hand, I have been doing it over and over, but at least today I see an improvement thought still a hustle and things are becoming non affordable, at times I feel would like to rest, especially morning sleep but when I think about the kids who increase ever time in number, I throw my bracket away and I go finding something to do. Whenever I hear someone promising to help, I fell excited and relieved; I know one time all will come fine. I salute Education for being a very good factor in our lives. I am Eddy. This can be my story; it can be a story of any other person who would like to make a change to those who are suffering, I cut this story short, it may be too long, Please endure. Thank You
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:24:55 +0000