ESCAPE Scholarships: Dinah

Acen Dinah

Sponsored by Carla Azhderian

Primary School Leaving Exam Marks

English 4
Science 6

Social Studies 6
Maths 7

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May 2011: Dinah is a quiet, serious girl who wants to be a doctor when she grows up. She is twins with Ketty and is the shyer fo the two. Once you get to know her, she becomes more sassy like her sister, but she tends to be shy. Ketty lives with their mother, but Dinah lives with her aunt and cousins. They told us that sometimes they switch, and Dinah will go live with her mother and Ketty with the aunt. Dinah's aunt has 4 children: Isaac (12), Rebecca (9), Riley Destiny (4), and Ruth (1). This month she was able to take part in 2 field trips. She took a bus to Jinja where she saw the Nile River for the first time, and went on a boat tour. She also went to Wonder World, a theme park, where she went on rides and tried to learn how to swim! She was given medication for de-worming.

Dinah had been attending Hope Secondary School, but she was not enjoying it and her attendance wasn't good. It was a very poor school. We have transfered her to St. Mary's Secondary School, and it is working out much better! The best part is that it is right behind CUS, her primary school. This means that it is very easy for Hellen, director of CUS, to keep daily tabs on her, which is important. During a visit to their classroom, they seemed happy. It was a small, spacious and clean classroom with about 30 students. They headmaster said they really emphasize attendance and they have kicked 2 students out for poor attendance. The school is science oriented and they aim to produce "job creators" rather than "job seekers". It is a new school and they are adding on a class with each year, and they are working on building a huge science lab and a boarding dorm. The girls take math, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, agriculture, history, religion, fine art, commerce, entrepreneurship, literature, and english. Tuition is $60/term, and first term is more expensive as they also need to pay for things like uniform, identity card, admissions, etc. Thanks to Carla, these costs have been covered and Dinah is getting a top quality education!