Through the work of WMSmileGeneration, an international education organization based in Uganda, 12 students have the opportunity to take their final exams for high school graduation and become the first school graduates of their villages.

This are some of our students:

NAME: MUCULEEZI AMBROSE

SEX: MALE

DATE OF BIRTH: 05/11/2004

AGE: 21 years

Home District: KAGADI

NATIONALITY: UGANDAH

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0718455820 / 0744116031

EMAIL ADDRESS: [email redacted]

DREAM: IT CONSULTANT / IT PROJECT MANAGER

ACADEMIC LEVEL: SENIOR SIX / HIGH SCHOOL

INSTITUTION: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

INTERESTED UNIVERSITY: KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

NAME: Nuwagaba Boaz

ACTION: King Solomon Seed Secondary School

CLASS: Senior Six (S.6) (High School)

UNIVERSITY: Makerere University

FUTURE CAREER: Education / Accounting & Finance

DATE OF BIRTH: 09/11/2002 - AGE: 23 years

VILLAGE: Busirabo B

SEX: Male

PARISH: Busirabo

DISTRICT: Kagadi

Nationality: Ugandan

CONTACT: 0768384490

NAME: TUMUSIIME EDISON

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX

UNIVERSITY: KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY

FUTURE CAREER: INTERNATIONAL TRADE/ JOURNALISM

VILLAGE: NSUGASUGI A

PARISH: KANYAN GOMA PARISH

SUBCOUNTY: KAGADI SUBCOUNTY

DISTRICT: KAGADI

NATIONALITY: UGANDA

CONTACT: 0790923822 / 070812004

DATE OF BIRTH: 12/10/2004 | AGE: 21

SEX: MALE

NAME: KUGONZA RAMATHAN

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX

UNIVERSITY: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

FUTURE CAREER: INTERNATIONAL TRADE / TOURIST GUIDE

DATE OF BIRTH: 24/11/2004

VILLAGE: KYAMULUMA

PARISH: BUSIRABO

SUBCOUNTY: KAGADI

DISTRICT: KAGADI

NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

CONTACT: 076224824

NAME: BYARUHANGA STEPHEN

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX (S.6)

UNIVERSITY: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

CAREER: EDUCATION / LAWYER

DATE OF BIRTH: 2ND December 2002

NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

DISTRICT: KAGADI DISTRICT

SUB-COUNTY: KAGADI SUB-COUNTY

PARISH: BUSRABO PARISH

VILLAGE: KIKUMBYA A

BACKGROUND: ORPHAN

CONTACT: 07185553

SEX: MALE

NAME: BYARUHANGA LAWRENCE

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX (S.6)

UNIVERSITY: MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

CAREER: JOURNALISM

DATE OF BIRTH: 12/06/2002

VILLAGE: KISAARA

PARISH: KENGA

SUB-COUNTY: KAGADI

DISTRICT: KAGADI

NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

CONTACT: 0786983499

EMAIL: ______

SEX: MALE

NAME: KIOMIHENDO ERASTO

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX (S.6)

UNIVERSITY: KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (KIU)

CAREER: ACCOUNTANCY / FINANCE

DATE OF BIRTH: 28th FEB 2003

VILLAGE: KENGA A

PARISH: KENGA

SUB-COUNTY: KAGADI

DISTRICT: KAGADIx

NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

NAME: KUSIIMA INNOCENT

SCHOOL: KING SOLOMON SEED SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASS: SENIOR SIX (S.6)

UNIVERSITY: KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY

FUTURE CAREER: TEACHER

DATE OF BIRTH: 03/01/2004

VILLAGE: KENGA B LCI

PARISH: KENGA

SUB-COUNTY: KAGADI

DISTRICT: KAGADI

NATIONALITY: UGANDAN

CONTACT: 0780715665 or 0779349829

SEX: MALE

All attend King Solomon Seed Secondary School in Kagadi district, western Uganda. Kagadi is a challenging place to thrive. Kagadi has been the subject of disturbing reports of cannibalism, fear, and neglect, but also an area where children desperately need hope, education, and opportunity.

Despite the shocking stories, we know one thing for sure: children are the real victims here. Many have never received an education. Teachers sent to the area often abandon their posts because of fear and stigma.

Our CEO, Joseph Bumpenje, has been contracted to be a teacher in King Solomon Seed Secondary School, where he is facing seriously challenging conditions to educate these children. Violence, teen pregnancies, misogyny, and misunderstandings about the value of education are all big barriers in preventing the youth of Kagadi from dreaming of a better future.

But our 12 students, each with a unique, special, and challenging story all show there is a powerful desire to thrive.

We need $720 to pay for these students' exams. The community in the ground has already raised $360. We appeal to the international community to help us raise $360 to finance the exam fees so the students can take and pass their exams, so they may continue their education. Each student´s exam, their ticket to a future education, costs $60.

For just $10 you can help contribute to the shining future of a better Uganda.