Jack at university

Am Jackson a Ugandan from Bukedea district. Bukedea happens to be among the poorest district in Teso. During my life as a kid I used to rear goats, pigs and turkeys as I came from a polygamous family. My mother happens to be the first wife who was abandoned by my father when I was a very young boy (6years). Growing up with a step mother made my life more difficult from keeping my young siblings to currently being almost the head of the family (both parents are alive with my father just retired as a teacher and my mother a house wife).

I completed my advanced level studies in 2011. In 2012 I applied for a scholarship in kumi university, was admitted but didn't have the money to pay the other balance since it was a quarter bursary. In 2013, I applied to do a course in Kampala international university where someone promised to pay for my tuition but that didn't work out and I completely lost hope in education. None of my family members has gone to university, so I wish and hope to be the first in the family to join university but am unable to due to lack of fees. 

I do play football and has played amateur football for about 12 years with a hope of becoming professional but that hasn't gone well. 

In 2014, I met a friend from Holland who paid for my education to acquire a certificate in motor vehicle engineering and that costed him about £ 2500 but that didn't mean I could sustain my family looking at the education system in Uganda. I still had to do another certificate (DIT) that can make me either get a small job with a reasonable garage or continue with my education. Unfortunately this Dutch friend could no longer pay for my studies as he had other responsibilities to do. 

Since 2016 when I completed my certificate, I have been unemployed, never got a small job or gone to advance for studies. Am trying hard to do subsistence farming but also lacks enough resources to do it. 

I appeal to anyone, everyone out there to come support me in the quest to get back to school so that I can be able to sustain myself, my family, the community around me and also inspire the young generation and make them believe that there will always be a future and hope in everything they do. I am also open to more connections. 

Thank you in advance. 

Anyone can feel free to contact me on +256772469289 (Whatsapp) and mobile

Email: [email protected]

Account details: 3202417968 centenary bank mbale branch