THE JANUARY PICTURE

Taken by Serena Seeks. The story behind the January picture: in this picture you see the 22STARS children in their Boarding School in Hopeland Junir

As the children in Kampala were living in very cramped houses with their families and were getting older, we saw the need of having them in a boarding school were they can fully flourish.

When a child receives an education, their future is brighter and their dreams become a possibility. When a child goes to school, he will no longer need to beg in the streets for food. An educated child will be better able to find employment to secure a future for them and their family; helping them to break the poverty cycle. An education child can be informed much earlier about their health and wellbeing thus, reducing the chances of child marriage, early pregnancies and HIV/AIDS contraction.

In Uganda, the educational journey of a little one begins with Nursery School (3 years), then onto Primary School (7 years), followed by Secondary School (minimum 4 years), and a grand finale with a two-year Course. For the academic champions, they might even ace classes 5 and 6 before jetting off to University. And when things get hard at home, some kids will join the Boarding school section, which happens quite a lot.