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Daniel “Lucky” Muhwezi
A Congolese refugee, Daniel is from Ishasha in the
North Kivu region of the Congo. He was awarded an
Educate! scholarship in 2004 and now attends Sir Tito
Winyi Secondary School in Hoima, Uganda, where he
is currently in his last year of Ordinary level. He
is very interested in the sciences and hopes to become
a doctor when he is older.
A
stellar student, Daniel received a scholarship to
pay for his tuition (Educate! pays for the rest of
his expenses) from an NGO called HPCT. HPCT receives
a contract from the UNHCR (the UN's refugee agency)
to promote educational progress in Ugandan refugee
camps. HPCT thus aims to promote education by giving
scholarships to the brightest and hardest working
students. It gave two scholarships this year, one
to a student of each sex, and Daniel was chosen to
receive one. Daniel was awarded the scholarship after
finishing first out of 572 students who took the required
test in all of Kyangwali Refugee Camp .
In
addition to his school work, Daniel started an environmental
awareness club at his school called Tree Talk. With
Daniel’s leadership, Tree Talk has planted over
50 trees around campus.
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