This is a letter from Mary Seleina, who is doing her post secondary studies and like so many of the other students is doing very well. She is the eldest child of Joyce, who I met many years ago when she came to ask for a job or for help to care for her then two children – Mary Seleina and baby Samantha. Joyce, at that time, had very little self esteem and very little hope, she said because of a foot problem that she was in her words ‘deemed useless’. Now some 13 years on, Joyce is in charge of the ‘womens’ group’ and the ‘table top banking group'. With support from WFWIA and WkW she has acquired a basic education, does dressmaking and does very beautiful beading. She also now has two sons and over the years has also looked after her sister’s children – all in the tiny divided, one room home. I am very proud of her and the mother she is to her children and the great support she is to the other women, despite still having the pain of her twisted foot, she comes often to the Centre bringing with her the expertise that she has acquired over the years. I am sure she must be so proud of Mary Seleina, and I know she is very grateful for the love and care the family have received from Leonida and the staff at the WkW Centre.
Marguerite Ryan
Dear Mom Marguerite,
How are you? I hope you are doing well and that you are keeping safe.
My family and I are doing great. My Mum and siblings send their love and greetings to you.
We are most grateful for your continuous support and love that you have shown to me and my family.
I am doing well in school and I have been given an opportunity to do my external attachment at an Energy research center. It is a requirement that I spend three months in an industry that is related to my field of study prior to the final year programme.
I am very enthusiastic about energy research, biofuels in power generation, transmission and distribution work and most grateful for the opportunity to work with the team and to gain more knowledge and experience in Energy research.
I will resume back to school in September for my last semester of my four years in university. Which I am looking forward to begin.
Say Hello to your family.
May God bless you and your family.
Yours lovely daughter,
Mary Seleina Alukaya.
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