Bududa orphans appeal for scholarships

By Paul Watala

 Children who lost their parents in recent landslides that buried families at Nakasala village Bulucheke Sub County in Bududa district are appealing education sponsorship from the government and NGOs.

The tragedy occured in June killing over 80 people and displaced a big number of people.

“We are appealing to the government and any well-wisher to offer us a chance to attain good education in Kampala schools so that we can be able to look after ourselves in future. Our relatives who are looking after some us are very poor and have to look after their children,” Simon Mukwhana told the New Vision in an interview.

Mukwhana who could not hold his tears from rolling down said that they are living hopeless life without better education and appealed to Good Samaritans to come to their rescue.

“We sometimes escape and go back to the scene where our parents died from in the mudslide but all in vain. We get the food and clothes from government but that is not enough to see us have bright future,” he added.

According to Mukhwana, some of the orphans are mistreated by their care takers.

He said that some of the children who were sent to different schools that are a distance away from their homes are shunning education because of the distance.

He said that their care takers cannot afford to buy all scholastic materials for them.

Bududa LC5 chairperson, John Baptist Nambeshe confirmed that most of the children who lost their both their parents are living a miserable life and the district cannot afford to offer them better education since the number is quite big.

He urged the government should consider giving the affected children special attention to help them attain better education.