The Road to Success
Deborah Nagawa is a resident of Kiyanja zone-Nabbingo village, a suburb of Kampala. She is 31 years old and a mother of five children. She is a single mother, divorced from her husband five years ago. She has five children and Denis Tugume is on the CAL sponsorship program. Denis is 10years old and in primary four at Up-rise primary school, Nabbingo.
Deborah is a very hardworking lady who earns her living from fetching water for the community. She fetches twenty jerrycans a day during the dry season earning five thousand shillings (approximately 2 dollars) per day and saving one thousand shillings a day. With the little she earns from her hard labor, she managed to save some money and put up a one roomed house for her family and take all her other children to school.
Deborah Nagawa and her son Denis Tugume infront of the old house (left) and the new house under construction (right)
After a few discussions with her friends involved in the income generating projects Deborah decided to join the Projects of; crafts making and tailoring. She is committed in whatever she does and is ready to go through all hardships to give her children a chance at a better future
By: Lillian Nabanjala
Field Officer Sponsorship