By Adam Timothy Mayemba | Monitoring and Evaluation Associate
Sharifa is a 20 year old former domestic worker who dropped out of primary seven after the death of his father in 2010. “Since I had no school fees, I resolved to working for people like washing clothing and also stay home with my mother doing the cooking, washing clothing and taking care of my young siblings”.PLA found here working in one of the Divisions of Kampala called makindye and
“I was identified by a task force member and enrolled at Nile Vocational Institute and pursued a course in Textile making. I acquired skills in making clothes, bed sheets and pillow cases. After graduation I got a tailoring job in Kampala was not being paid. I am currently employed in Katwe Market with my mother where we sell foodstaffs like sweet potatoes, matooke, vegetables and fruits and we earn between 10,000/= to 40,000/= per day.
I personally save 2000/= per day and plan to start up a retail shop in future. This money helps us buy food, clothing, pay for scholastic materials for my sister and also pay for rent. I thank PLA for reforming me because I would be either a commercial sex worker or a drug addicts since most of my former group mates are commercial workers and drug addicts;she reported.
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