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Our
Students
Joseph
Munyambaza
Joseph
Munyambaza fled his home in the Congo in 1996 to Kyangwali
Refugee Settlement in Uganda. He attended primary
school in Kyangwali and excelled in his classes.
He
received a competitive scholarship from the UN, which
paid for his school fees at Duhaga Secondary school
in Hoima Uganda. Educate! met Joseph at Duhaga and
began to supplement his UN scholarship by providing
school supplies, food, and healthcare. Once the UN
scholarship ran out, Educate! took over Joseph’s
sponsorship completely.
At
Duhaga Secondary School, he has placed consistently
in the top five in his class. On the final national
exams for the first four years of secondary school
(called O Level) Joseph placed in the first division,
the top category. He hopes to specialize in physics,
chemistry, biology, and math. In the future, it is
Joseph’s goal to become a doctor or an engineer.
Joseph
has been equally successful in his activities outside
of school. He started a tutoring program in Kyangwali
involving several of his fellow students as tutors.
The program benefits over sixty refugees in primary
and secondary school. He was recently elected to the
Educate! Student Board of Directors, where he serves
as a liaison between the Educate! students and the
leadership of the organization.
He
says of his future: “I will never leave my weapon
of determination.”
Another
picture of Joseph
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