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Our
Students
Gaspari
Innocent
Forced
to flee the Congo because of human rights violations
by the Nyamurenge rebels, 24 year-old Congolese refugee
Gaspari Innocent is now a student at the Rubaga Medical
Schools in Uganda. An Educate! student since 2005,
Gaspari is currently working towards a diploma in
Laboratory Technology, and hopes to one day become
a doctor. To this end, he volunteers in the laboratories
of nearby Health Centers.
Gaspari's father is 105 years old and in Gaspari's
words: "I am last boy in my father's family.
And I am only who reached this far with education,
so all eyes are on me.”
Gaspari
hopes to one day to offer these same educational opportunities
to other students in the future. To him, Educate!
demonstrates that “Friends are many here in Uganda
and outside Uganda and Africa at large”.
Right now, Gaspari is able to help his community with
service work, both on the Piggery Project, and growing
beans and maize on the shamba. In his spare time enjoys
playing football, visiting new places, and listening
to Gospel.
Another
picture of Gaspari
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