My story

My name is Precious Namonje, a Zambian girl aged 20 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 cleaning, 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.

Early Childhood Education (WAKE TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

Initially I wanted to study Medical Assistance and had Early Childhood Education as my second choice. Due to the delays experienced during visa processing I was informed that the course was discontinued. Having had worked in the kindergarten section at Latterrains I had already developed interest in working with children so I immediately reapplied for Early Childhood Education all thanks to God I was accepted. This course will help me acquire additional knowledge on how to handle a kindergarten class. My qualification from Wake Tech will help me implement some of the great methods of teaching for America to our school in Zambia.

Vision

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