BRIEF STORY OF MY LIFE.
The story of my life is not the easy one but dreams always come true,i was born in 19990 into family of rural peasants and destitute laborers,and i was orphaned at the age of one month after my father died at war.i was taken up by ground mother after my mother left to stay in another area,i spent my childhood and youth in the hand of my ground mother,i lived life through of vulnerability and suffering,i and my ground mother lived in life of extreme poverty where she could not afford me with basic needs of life,and i had no hope of attaining even little schooling in primary one education.
When i was 7 years old,i took up passion of joining to primary one because i believed the line of every success is through attaining education,despite of all i had no support for acquiring school requirements either.what helped me a lot in journey of my life is listening and taking in advises of my ground mother,she used to tell me my son "mam ipodo" meaning don't worry every thing is going to be alright one day,i grew up with heart of full respect,love,trustworthy,kindness,humanity and compassion.i lived life through of child labor while staying at peoples homes to earn a living until one day when God met me with good samaritan who supported me to provide for basic needs of life including support in education,i said yes God has helped and seen me and i must also in future when i grow up help vulnerable children.
JOURNEY TO MY TURNING POINT.
When i was 10 years old in primary 3,i developed interest of supporting children and older persons in my community,it was based on my life experience that i was undergoing through,i deeply experienced how poor children and older persons suffer to earn a living in community,see at that age i was the most vulnerable and poor child in whole school,i had no uniform nor slippers either.at my early age of 10 years in primary i started supporting fellow vulnerable children by giving them roasted cassava,mangoes and oranges and it become my passion because my ground mother used to provide for me carry to school and eat as my breakfast and lunch but my passion was to share with others,in community at age of 10 years i become loyal to every vulnerable older person by helping them fetch water as my affordable support for them,and i said yes i have made it.what helped me a lot in journey of my life,in all all my primary education i could not even in single day forget of taking time to think of my dream of become life changer in the community.
In the level of my secondary education,my dream of becoming life changer raised high and higher even if i was needy and helpless,i felt inspired and motivated,i stayed a way from negative friends who say "where can you also get money for supporting poor people" i said no to their negative advises.
In my higher institution of learning,i started asking my own self a question"how can i make my dream of becoming life change maker in a community into a reality"i developed a goal of supporting over 10000 poor youth,children and older person in their local communities.i looked for best mentor to help direct right path to achieve my dream,my mentor encouraged me keep being loyal and determined,learn how to write project proposal,initiate charitable humanterian organisation that can support thousands of poor people in their communities,and i said yes i have to make it.
Conclusively,over all those years since i was born,i saw lot of pain and heartache in life of poor people in different communities,am inspired by life changing event,in may/24/2018 i initiated a non governmental charitable organisation called murphy charitable foundation uganda to address issues of human vulnerability in local communities of eastern uganda,am proud to be young life changer in uganda. glory be to God.
LESSONS LEARNT IN MY JOURNEY TO BECOME A LIFE CHANGER.
-It takes long and needs patience for some one to become life changer in his/her society/nation.
-Life through of life changers is not easy one,some use dust bins as their restaurant and ground as their beds.
-Every life changer is determined to meet his/her dream.
-Life changers grow with kindness,love,trust,faith and compassion.
-Every change maker is being guided by love and power of God.
-Every change maker needs a good mentor.
-Every change maker needs to seek and meet new friends,opportunities and connections.
Thanks
yours
Samson Richard okwii
Director
Murphy Charitable Foundation Uganda.