Brian Mpande
Age 12-years-old
School Budo Junior School
Class Primary 5 (5th grade)
Village Boliso 1 Village – Pallisa District
Family situation I stay with my father and mother in the village.
I want to be a doctor
Ambition I want to help children from poor families go to good schools like Budo Junior and achieve their dreams.
Hobbies Photography, movies
My story
“I am the first born in my family. We live in a hut and me and my siblings sleep on the floor. I go to school at Kamuge Primary school in Kagoli, Mbale District, which is a four kilometers walk from my home. My brother is in school and our last born hasn’t started school yet.
I always wanted to go to a good school but my father didn’t have enough money, and so I kept praying that he gets money. My father Painento Mpade is a junior school teacher. He earns 50,000 shillings a month ($24). My mother stays at home and works in the garden.
This year Mum Monica, the Director of L.E.A.D Uganda visited my family and interviewed me. Later I was told there was a possibility of joining a good school in Kampala the capital city if I worked hard. In August I was picked from my home and brought to Kampala. It was the very first time I had been in a big city. I was astonished about many things in the city: lights everywhere, lots of vehicles and noise. However it was an interesting experience. I went for the first time to Theatre Labonita and watched a play called “Beefless Bone” which was written by Steven Wasswa, a L.E.A.D Uganda student. It was so educational.
I am in the 5th grade at Budo Junior School, which is the most prestigious junior school in Uganda. I am so happy, because my childhood dream is on its way.
I want to become a doctor. I want to help children from poor families go to good schools like Budo Junior and achieve their dreams. I will also build my family a house and help my siblings.”
