LEAD Uganda high school student Ntege Paul started the prestigious African Leadership Academy in September, 2008. This elite boarding school, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, accepted only 100 students from all of Africa. Paul received a full scholarship (worth over $20,000) from the school.
“Ntege is a disciplined boy with an excellent record. I am not surprised that he passed the African Leadership academy interviews”, Nakiggude Proscovia, an English teacher at Paul’s former school, Uganda Martyr’s Senior Secondary School -Naumgongo, said amidst cheers from other teachers.
His excited Mother, Topista added, “Paul is a focused boy both in his studies and while doing chores at home.”
“Believing in my self in my daily life and keeping focused while at school yields good success,” Ntege says, “I am happy and I owe my success to Concern for the Future and Stephen Shames, who took me to Concern for the Future. I had a problem with school fees. At one time I thought I would never make it, because when I was 11-years-old, I had to work in a stone quarry to provide food for my family. But with God’s grace, all is possible.”
“There’s no short cut to success. Success comes through hard work and trusting in God,” says Monica Nankoma, Director of Concern for the Future, “Paul exhibits such traits. I knew he would not disappoint us.”
We are proud of Paul. His success shows what can be achieved when deserving youngsters are given the chance to become leaders by studying at the best schools. That is what our LEAD Uganda educational leadership program does.
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