A young woman with a passion for gender equality and equipping the next generation with knowledge, Franka, a former student of Edukid, has achieved her dreams of becoming a qualified teacher.

In her early life, Franka’s mother passed away, leaving Franka’s father to look after her and her 14 siblings. Providing basic needs such as clothes, shelter and food for 16 people was a strain on Franka’s father. She describes her childhood as difficult, explaining that as a girl, a pressure fell on her
to work hard in order to supplement the family income, offering ‘odd jobs’ to neighbours such as digging land and fetching water.

Before Edukid’s support, she had little opportunity to attend school, often being chased out of the school gates after sneaking into a classroom and hiding at the back. Edukid began supporting Franka’s education so that she no longer had to sneak into lessons.

Now a qualified teacher herself, Franka is an advocate for education. She is concerned for the next generation of children coming through explaining that “these days, it is even more difficult than it was for me to get to school. School fees have increased so much and are unachievable for many families.” Franka also voiced her concern for young girls “Some families see girls’ education as pointless because when they reach 15 or 16, they will just become somebody’s wife. I am happy to always be campaigning for girls’ rights and education, for I am only where I am because of education”.

Franka has excelled so much, that Edukid have now offered her a job linking UK schools and teachers with their counterparts in Uganda, in order to promote a two-way learning platform. As part of her job role, she will be traveling to England to spend time with the team, visiting UK schools to teach students about Ugandan culture and history.

During her visit, Franka will be supporting the team in establishing a more regular channel of digital communication between the UK and Ugandan schools so that staff and children can learn directly from one another.