My story

My name is Precious Namonje, a Zambian girl aged 19 years. I am the first born in a family of three, two girls and one boy. I did my kindergarten and primary schooling at Latterrains Christian School. I later went to a secondary school which was quite a distance from my home, but I managed by God’s grace to learn there for 5 years. Despite learning under difficult circumstances, I graduated with fairly good results.

Application for scholarship.

I began applying for university study and was accepted in every school I applied to. When it came to getting a scholarship, which is highly competitive due to high poverty levels in my country, I was left out. For two years I kept on applying but was never lucky with sponsorship, which I desperately needed.

I come from a broken home. My father divorced my mum who happened to be a full-time housewife in preference to a working-class woman. He left the three of us under mum’s care, so we had to work hard. We worked in the field growing corn to raise money for my school. At times we had to do peace works in other people’s homes with my mother to earn a living as no support was coming from my father.

Latterrains Christian school.

I went back to my former school, Latterrains Christian School, to volunteer and was given different tasks ranging from toilet training babies in kindergarten, cleaning, counseling erring students through the word of God and cooking food for the school feeding program.

Mr. Ken Auer.

It was during my volunteer work at mom Belinda’s home, as everyone calls her, that I came in contact with Mr. Ken who happens to be a benefactor to our school. He found me devastated after receiving my recent rejection for sponsorship. He inquired about me from mom Belinda who narrated my sad story to him. That’s how he interviewed me about what I would like to study. I told him how passionate I am with the field of medicine. Then he asked me if I had an opportunity to study abroad and what I would do with my course. I told him how much I love my community and how I love that the health aspect of our community has improved.

Medical Assistance (WAKE TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

This course will open my mind a lot to help me achieve my goal of bringing standard health care services to my community. Over 90% of our people live in abject poverty and live in very poor homes. Some without toilets and must share a toilet with other families. As a result, people are prone to a lot of water borne and airborne diseases. My people will need one of their own to sensitize them and help bring sanity to everything around.

Vision

With the afore mentioned I believe my studies at Wake Tech and the expertise I will gain will enable me fulfill my God given vision of helping the needy like me in my community to be protected from serious epidemics which can be prevented. I hope to bring positive change back home. Hopefully, working hand in hand with Abundant Futures to create a future of abundance for every Zambian child. Hagai 2:9/Zechariah 4:10.

Thank you.