By Christine Tezikya | Program Assistant
Khainza is 17 years old. She grew up with both her biological parents in a family of 15 members in Bulambuli district. Both her parents are peasants and she has 7 siblings. She started school in 2002 and went to Muyembe primary school where she completed her primary seven in 2009.She got 17 aggregates (second grade) in primary seven and this gave her parents courage to continue her in secondary. In 2010, she joined Muyembe high school for her senior one and dropped out of school in her second term because her parents could no longer afford paying her school fees. In 2011, she came to Kampala to work as a domestic worker for a police officer in Nsambya barracks. The police officer is a friend to the mother. She worked for 3 months and was paid (UGSHS 20,000) an equivalent of USD 8 per month. While at her work place, she was treated fairly but was always being abused whenever her employer got drunk like" her mum was a prostitute and it's the reason why she works as a domestic worker." In her second month at the work place, Khainza met one of the PLA staff who interviewed her. After the interview, and from what she had been going through as a domestic worker, she accepted to go back to school. She later joined Nile Vocational Institute-Jinja on 28th September 2012 and enrolled in a catering course for six months. She completed school in April 2013. She then wrote applications to different hotels and got a job at Katikati restaurant after sitting home for 2 weeks. Khainza has worked at Katikati restaurant for 3 month now. She works as a waitress and earns Ushs 120,000 an equivalent of USD 48. She works from 1:00pm to midnight. Her aim is to save money and open up a hotel. She thanks PLA forgiving her an opportunity to go back to school, withdrawing and rescuing her from domestic work. "She says she will work hard to help street children so as to improve on their way of living". There are very many cases of child domestic workers in Uganda. With the help of GlobalGiving donors we can assist many children and have success stories.
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