Happy Monday from IC Uganda! Here are two more stories from our staff on the ground in Gulu.
Geoffrey Paul Makameri is the IT Officer for Invisible Children Uganda, and has been working at ICU three years. He’s a busy man: when he’s not traveling to the regional offices to set up internet, helping staff solve e-mail problems, or running the sound board for a local event, Geoffrey can be found scoring goals as captain of the ICU soccer team. Geoffrey shared with us the day that has stood out for him as his proudest moment at work:
“The day when the computer lab at Anaka SS was completed. When I went to make my final assessment I was so touched. I felt like I made a positive impact on students. When I looked at the equipment, the quality of the work, I thought of all the future benefits to the students. And at the end I felt so proud of myself because of the quality.”
Akiyu Stella Mistika, a university mentor for the Legacy Scholarship Program, has been working at ICU since September 2006. She was a secondary teacher at a school where some of the Legacy Scholarship Program students attended, and she got to know the mentors who worked with them. She remembers admiring the work they did and the improvement she saw in the students’ attitudes and academic performance. Then she saw a posting for an open mentor position at ICU.
“When there was that advert I couldn’t hesitate. I applied.”
Stella’s been mentoring students ever since, and the moment that stands out to her most from the past seven years was the graduation ceremony held for Legacy Scholarship Program students this past March.
“Seeing the boys and the girls wear their gowns…some of them I remembered from 2006 and 2007. Seeing all that had gone into their education was inspiring. Seeing girls graduate, it’s really a good thing.”
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