Flavia is a
16 year old girl at Nyaka Vocational Secondary School (NVSS). She just completed her 2nd year of
vocational training and is an inspiration for girls everywhere. Instead of choosing a traditionally female
vocation course, like tailoring, Flavia wants to become a building engineer
when she graduates. Thank you for giving
her the opportunity to enter a field that has always been ran by men.
Life has
been difficult for Flavia and her family, so she is determined to change her
future for the better. She was only a
year old when her father passed away.
Her mother was left to raise her and her four siblings. This single-mother family was very poor. Sometimes Flavia’s mother would work on
plantations to make a little money for the family. However, this was hard on the mother and most
of the time she couldn’t even meet basic needs for her children.
Flavia’s
life changed when she became a nursery student at Kutamba Primary School. She writes,
My relief
came from Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project through the construction of Kutamba
Primary School. I was admitted to the
school in 2007 upon its opening and was able to study from there up to 2014
when I completed Primary 7. The next
year I joined the wonderful Nyaka Vocational Secondary School. I enrolled in the newly established
vocational class opted for Building and Concrete Practice, a course most people
consider to be for males. 
I am
determined to become a great engineer and inspire other ladies into the same
profession. Being strong and
hardworking, I took up this course to become a great and trustworthy engineer
in a field that is male dominated. I see
my dreams coming true in the near future.
Flavia will
be an amazing engineer when she is finished with school. She will be a role for other young girls who
are also interested in careers that aren’t usually pursued by women. You have given her the confidence and courage
she needs to pursue her dream and become a successful, professional woman. Thank you for giving Flavia the opportunity
to break the cycle of poverty that she was raised in.
