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Student Profiles Please meet a few of our sponsored students attending the FDNC Vocational School.
Marion is a quiet, gentle young man. Marion's parents are struggling to care for his six sisters and one brother, but are unable to pay for their secondary school fees. Marion's father has been unable to work since being blinded in an electrical accident while at work. Marion had to drop out of secondary. Now sponsored by HUGS, Marion is working hard to acquire carpentry skills and is determined to start his own carpentry workshop after finishing his course so that he can "do his own job," as he said, to support himself and help his brother and sisters to go to school.
Junic Bubele, age 22, Computer Junic, the oldest of eight girls, has just successfully completed a one-year computer course. She has a two-year-old daughter named Gift. Junic’s father died when she was three and her mother remarried. Junic hopes to continue her studies and receive a diploma in computers.
Fredrick Sakwa, age 22, Computer Fredrick lost both his parents to AIDS, leaving his aunt to care for him, his brother and seven sisters. His aunt also has her own children to care for, and has not been able to provide school fees for Fredrick and his siblings. Fredrick has an outgoing personality but also has a serious side. A natural leader, he was elected as the leader of the group of HUGS-sponsored students. Fredrick successfully completed the carpentry course in December 2007 and now plans to start a carpentry workshop in his village.
Robinah Kibone, age 18, Tailoring Robinah is the oldest of 8 children. After her father died, her mother struggled to keep the family together. The Kibone family is too poor even to afford mattresses. They sleep on mats with no blankets. When Robinah went to school she was often sent home because she couldn’t pay her school fees. With 3 years left to graduate secondary school, she finally had to leave school for good. She stayed at home for 3 years helping her mother until 2007, when she received the opportunity to study tailoring at FDNC through a HUGS sponsorship. |
