My name is Francis Ssuuna and at Christmas I met with my 12 year old sister Phionah, who has just completed her Primary Leaving examinations. We talked about her future and it has prompted me to think about this subject…
THE ANNUAL SLUM RUN 2013
The annual Slum run 2013 has been a great success, here in Kampala and in Birmingham, where our supporters ran at the same time with us .I had 27 slum kids participants and they managed to …
Corporal Punishment – There is absolutely no way we can forget
The second in our series, from Gilbert Byamugisha (17) Almost every child in Uganda, has gone through rough punishments in life, and these most of the times come our way in schools that we attend. Some punishments or rather most…
Peter (14) uses ICT as a vehicle to solve social problems
)
I live in a remote rural Ugandan village, but I will be an International Citizen, by Charles aged 15
My name is Charles Obuk and I have been a member of the Butterfly Project since January 2011 and have gained knowledge and skills to make me a changemaker. I live in a village in rural Agoro sub-county, which is…
Good Things are Done in an Open and Light Place – Nyeko Zisite, aged 15
I want to be a social co-ordinative entrepreneur, who improves on the lives of people all over the world through encouraging agriculture and co-operative society business to fund children into school, which will overcome illiteracy and poverty (a changemaker). I…
Today Determines your Tomorrow by Peter Akena (14)
My name is Akena Peter and I am a member of the Butterfly North. I want to write today to tell you about my passions and how I believe that dreams can come true. My passion is to be a…
I am the only Granite in the Whole Universe by Mercy (14)
In life, everyone has their dreams and passions. A dream that you deeply want and love to do is a passion. But on my side I don’t have dreams. I have stopped dreaming – I am building my passions. I’m…
Food variety is important for children, even though they live in poverty by Samuel (16)
My name is Lubangakene Samuel and I am one of the Butterfly Pioneer group members. I have a passion for and ability in art and athletics, especially swimming and running and I like to use this passion to create positive…