A group of Destiny School children giggling about having their photo taken.
From left to right- Sincere (12), Tracy (13), Moreen (12). Sitting on a bed in the temporary girls dorm. All of these girls are in P6. They are from Bundibugyo, a town in western Uganda that is about a three hour drive from Kasese. Their families remain in Bundibugyo but the girls were sent to the Destiny School because of the accommodating programs and sponsorships the school offers. They came together and are new to the school, they've only been here a couple weeks. Despite being new, I saw them dancing for the worship team during the Wednesday night service!
Kato Mark, 10, P4 and his brother Kizito Kiiza, 7, P2, hanging out after class.
The baby nursery class, the youngest students at Destiny. Most of the children in this class are between 3 and 4 years old.
Children in baby nursery class eating their morning breakfast.
Gift, 12, P7 and Babirye, 12, P7 are best friends and both wish to be doctors. Babirye is one of the orphans at the school and so is her younger sister. The school feeds them morning, afternoon, and night. She sleeps at the school at night. Gift says her favorite part of school is studying.
Here is a funny little conversation between them:
Babirye says “I want to be taking care of sick people, treating them. Taking care of midwives.” Gift said “Do you know the roll of midwives? Doctors don't take care of them” Babirye responded with “Yes. they are with the mothers of babies helping them when they produce.”
Primary 1 kids in their classroom.
Jethro, top nursery class. The nursery classes are split in to three groups. Baby class, middle class, and top class. After completing nursery students move on to primary 1.
Primary 4 and 5 class working together in a classroom.
P5 class taking notes.
A girl in P4 class.
P5 class group photo.
A student from P5 class.
Two best friends from primary 5 class.
“The boys” in P5 class.
Two students in P6 class, Ronnie (left) and Joshua (right) posing for a photo.
P6 friends
Dorcas (left) and Bridget (right)
A student in P7.
Neima is 13 years old an in P7 class. She is one of the orphans that sleeps at the school.
Razak, 14, P 7. He just decided to start following Jesus and is currently being discipled by one of his teachers.
Destiny students posing at recess with their patron, Henry.
Kids playing at recess on the playground equipment purchased for the school two years ago.
A group of boys sitting on a bench during recess.
Tracy, 13, P6, in the temporary girl’s dorm. She is cooling her porridge by transferring it back and forth between the orange and white cups. The porridge is made from maize flour and water. Her mother and father live in Bundibugyo which is fairly far from Kasese, it would take about three hours to get there via car. She lives at the school but has only been here for two weeks.
May, 2019.
From left to right: Mark Jr, 12. Talent, 13. Gift, 14. Phina, 14. Evelyn, 12. Bridget, 11. All in Primary 6 class. They wanted to send greetings to everyone in the USA. These are students who come from home in the morning, study during the day, and return home in the evening. When I asked them if they wanted to say anything to the people who would see this photo they said, “Tell them we love them! All of them! But mostly Madison and you!”
Gilbert, 14, P7. Chillin in his classroom after the school day had ended.
Four Destiny kids playing on the seesaw in the late afternoon after most of the other children had gone home. The girls in the pink and orange are orphans at the school. The girl in the white dress is the head teacher’s daughter.
Children in top nursery class taking their morning porridge.
A student of baby nursery class taking his porridge!
Some students in their classroom.
Queen, 9, P4, drinking water on tap at the new campus.