Empower Child Domestic Workers Through Education

Monika’s story

14 years old Monika studies in primary six at Lira primary school. Monika is born to the late Caroline and Oyuku who passed on in 2009 and 2013; she was left in the care of her maternal aunty Gloria who tries to give her basic needs to her capacity

Monika wakes up at 5:00am to clean the house, wash the utensils and put the food on the fire, after which she gets ready for school by 6:30am, while at school Monika starts to revise her books as she waits for the teachers and also interacts with some of her friends like Fatuma and Alice.

“When I get to school, I find my friends who we share with what happened at home, I enjoy their stories as they always have interesting things to say, they all stay with both their parents,” shared Monika.

Monika may not be mistreated at home, but she doesn’t get the same attention as she would get from her own parents.

“My aunty has a lot of responsibilities and her husband doesn’t help her in paying school fees, that’s why I get sent away from school because of unpaid dues, it’s because of this that I got the scholarship from PLA,” explained Monika.

In her midterm examination, Monika managed to score in the 65^th position out of 178 pupils in her class.

Monika`s best subject is mathematics, she has reported that the subject is getting harder for her and was advised to seek more assistance from her teachers, to revise her notes and to have a reading timetable .Monika aspires to become an accountant and to work in a bank.

To PLA and the Donors, Monika remains thankfully but also continues to pray that she will get funding that will help her finalize primary education as her aunt is unable to support her.

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