All parents want the best for their children. Eva is not any different. She had brought Jemimah and her three other children here from Uganda to give them a brighter future. Eva worked so hard, doing
night shifts to keep her children fed. But surviving financially left little time to help her children prepare for school and become all that they could be.
“I am the only parent they have. I must provide everything they need, and I go out of my way to do that. But when I’d come back from night shift in the morning, they would have already gone to school,” says Eva. “I didn’t even know if they’d packed their lunch and worn their jumpers to stay warm. That was so hard.”
night shifts to keep her children fed. But surviving financially left little time to help her children prepare for school and become all that they could be.
“I am the only parent they have. I must provide everything they need, and I go out of my way to do that. But when I’d come back from night shift in the morning, they would have already gone to school,” says Eva. “I didn’t even know if they’d packed their lunch and worn their jumpers to stay warm. That was so hard.”
She’s loved connecting with her mentor, who designs buildings for a living – something Jemimah wants to do too. “When I finish school, I want to go to university and be an architect,” Jemimah says. “I’m speaking to people in the industry. I’m getting the skills to push myself more, to think for myself – that’s what I’ve learnt to do.” Jemimah’s mother Eva sees how rewarding iTrack is. “After Jemimah has these conversations, she is really happy and has a clear vision of what she wants to become.”
