Age 16

School: Light Academy

Gender Female

Grade senior One - (Grade 8 -USA )

Moreen lives with her mother in Kabakyala Rakai district. Her mother has eight children of which they are of two men and none of the men lives with their mother. Moreen’s father separated with their mother nine years ago.

Moreen says when she was in her primary seven vacation there was a woman who promised her to pay school fees for her in secondary but when time reached for her to join secondary the woman started ignoring her mother’s phone calls and up to now she has not supported her in any way.

Moreen says her mother struggles so much to make sure that she gets for them something to eat. She further says that in April of this year (2023), her mother left home and went to another district to burn charcoal and get some money which can help her care for the family and support her children in education. Moreen says it pains her so much seeing her mother go away from home trying to look for money of which she has also not been able to pay her fees.

Moreen faces a challenge of her elder brothers and sisters from another man who always want to chase them away from the house they are living in claiming that they are from another man and so they don’t belong there.

Moreen’s dream is to become a veterinary doctor and she has hope of helping her mother and educating her siblings.