Sponsorship:$29/mo

Grade: Secondary 3 (9th Grade)

Lakica is from the village of Agwata located in northern Uganda. She is the 5th child out of 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Her parents both grow small crops of cassava and beans to help provide for the family. Lakica’s father is lame and is the chairperson for the local disabled persons group.

Lakica helps her parents when she’s at home with fetching water, cooking food and looking after her younger siblings. This is especially important when her parents have gone far away to dig. Her mother also leaves Lakica in charge of taking care of the home when she has to leave in order to look for money to provide for basic needs. Three of Lakica’s older sisters have dropped out of school and are married.

Lakica likes to rope skip and read in her free time. She is also very athletic. Lakica is polite, disciplined and hardworking.

The annual sponsorship for Lakica is $700 to be split among 2 sponsors at $350 each. The scholarship provides her school fees, room and board, uniform, basic school supplies and mentoring by OU staff. Lakica has one sponsor, but desperately needs a 2nd sponsor! This amount can be paid annually, by term at $117, or via monthly credit card payment of $29 per month.