Kibalama Joash Mwesigwa a 14 year old boy who lives with his widowed mother and 3 siblings. He lost his father in a motor accident when he was 6.

Joash is one of those whose education was affected by the COVID 19 pandemic while he was in Primary Six. However, during the lockdown she couldn’t even afford the basic needs like food and so Joash and his elder brother were forced to find a job at a construction site to take care of the their mum and the young brothers. When schools opened, he couldn’t return to school anymore because there wasn’t anyone to pay his school fees and his mother became jobless.

A friend referred him to PALCO, and he passed by few times until we realised that he was desperate to return to school hence offering him a scholarship. From our meagre savings we decided to take him back to school. His excitement was immeasurable.

Joash is now settled and is in year two of High School. We believe he will achieve his dream of becoming an Engineer.