Our gifted student, Doreen

Today at the secondary school Doreen attended there was a church service followed by a presentation of gifts to the top three recent graduates. We attended this function with Doreen's mother as Doreen is in Kampala. The girls school which is in Ibanda has 800 students and we were impressed by the school and the staff. Doreen had the second highest scores in her class for her A level courses. The gifts her mother received on behalf of Doreen were a large flask (thermos) and a fleece blanket--both very useful items. The headmistress and teachers were very pleased to know that one of their star pupils would be able to attend university. Without sponsorship Doreen would never have been able to find the money to attend.

In a week we will travel to Kampala for a VSO workshop for volunteers who will be leaving in the next 6 months. Doreen's mother will accompany us and whilst there we hope to sort out a hostel for her, get account numbers for wiring funds, and Doreen will register for classes at Makerere University. She is thrilled and we get frequent text messages from her expressing her gratitude! We have faith in her and know without a doubt that she will succeed and we won't be surprised if she goes on to get a master's degree.