U-TOUCH Uganda Education Project

Meet Gloria

Hello, My name is Gloria and I would like to send my heartfelt appreciation to U-TOUCH and all the donors. From a helpless little girl you picked me and now I can say I am becoming someone because of your kindness. Thank you for supporting my education in all ways that you have both for school and the technology camp I attend during school holidays.

I am a 15-year-old girl from an extended family consisting of our Grandmother, Uncle, Aunt and my younger siblings (cousins). We have 8 grass thatched huts, and 4 permanent houses with many fruits like oranges, mangoes and lemons. I live in Gulu district, in northern Uganda and went to Bright Valley Primary School from where I later joined a high performing Senior Secondary School. We experience two climatic seasons, that is, dry and rainy seasons. Currently, we are in the dry season and the weather is most of the time hot be it day or nighttime with a lot of wind during the day. Our kind of buildings however provide some kind of insulation from extremes of temperatures and the many trees provide wind breaks even though many are being cut down. Life generally is fantastic here in our home district. 

I enjoy being at school and making friends. My favorite subjects are English, Computer and Literature. I would like to be a civil engineer in the future and also open up a computer center to reduce technology illiteracy. I enjoy making friends, and playing, and my favorite sporting activities are football, netball and handball. I am hoping to join a netball or football club at school and even join the Uganda Cranes netball team one day. Thank you very much for the wonderful support you have provided me academically. 

I also appreciate the opportunity to attend the technology training camp during school holidays. Most of the things I learnt at camp this year were similar to what I learnt last year only that they were different stages of the same project. It was so interesting because unlike in 2016 when our projects consisted of terrain, third person controller and many others, in 2017, we also did audacity and FL studio which we produced music for our game. During leisure time, I enjoyed meeting new faces from different districts and I made new friends which I thought wouldn’t even happen. More so, they were kind as if we had all met before. I learnt more computer skills because of the camp, like how to produce sound using audacity and FL studio. My project was fun with many interesting things in the surrounding e.g. yellow ground, a female character with well-shaped body and many others. I wish you could even get time and go over my project called Gloria and Kevin (female cousin). Hope you will enjoy the game when you get time with it. Thank you a lot for your support and time.

With appreciation,

GLORIA  

Gloria became a Sponsored Student at age five and U-TOUCH staff met her in Uganda July 2007. Gloria is one of eight cousins living with their grandmother after losing their parents in the LRA War. Now 15 years old, Gloria is attending S2 in Senior Secondary School, equivalent to the US 8^th grade. As a young child Gloria was often sick as a result of the harsh living conditions during the war. For years there was little food. Gloria, her cousins and grandmother often hid in the grass day and night to escape the rebels. Her health has improved significantly since U-TOUCH has sponsored her education giving her opportunity to be in school. When Gloria was in primary school equivalent to the US third grade she asked the U-TOUCH staff for permission to enroll in boarding school. She shared with the staff that she wished to be able to read at night and continue learning when the sun goes down because at home in their village huts there was no electricity. With the support of U-TOUCH donors Gloria was able to attend a primary and then secondary school with electricity where she has been able to read and study after dark and is a hard working excellent student. 

Additionally, through U-TOUCH technology training in Gulu, Gloria is learning computer skills including Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum and programing. By staying in school Gloria is looking toward a bright future and wishing to help her community in need. “As I will keep on studying, I will pay you back by passing my examinations. The love you have for me has made me to have a dream and given me the confidence to continue for a better future… I thank U-TOUCH so much for the continued support towards my education.”

Thank you for your kind generous donation and please tell your family and friends about U-TOUCH and the impact we are making together transforming the lives of children in extreme need!  Together we are helping support Gloria to continue in school this year!

Brilliance is equally distributed, opportunity is not. U-TOUCH brings OPPORTUNITY!

Many thanks for your support of Gloria and all the sponsored students whose lives you have forever changes through education and technology!

The lives you change are the lives U-TOUCH!