Brenda NAKIMBUGWE

Brenda has been living with her grandmother since she was little, as her mother had many children and could not care for them all. Her grandmother educated Brenda up to completing Senior Four in 2011, and although her goal was to support Brenda until she had a degree or a diploma she could not afford to enrol her for further education. After two years of not going to school, Brenda was married and gave birth to three beautiful children over the next five years.

Unfortunately, Brenda’s marriage did not last and she has had to return to her grandmother’s home with her children. Both Brenda and her grandmother do not have sufficient stable income to support all the children with their least basic needs and so Brenda made the decision to apply for the Vocational Training Scheme to support her family.

“I have been married for six years and have realised the value of having a skill I can use for employment. I realised that my husband mistreated me because I was very dependent on him. When I have the knowledge, skill and employment, I will be an asset and will be able to provide for my children and be respected in my family and community.

I was listening to news on radio and the government has a new strategy of reducing importation of readymade clothes and especially second-hand clothes, with objective of supporting textiles development in Uganda, so I thought that the future holds a big market for textile products and thus I choose a tailoring course for my scholarship.”