(NOTE: In the fall of 2018, Brendah Ndagire, UCU Partners’ Communications Associate, came on the Uganda Christian University Mukono campus to interview some UCU Partners scholarship recipients. For a 10-day period, UCU Partners features a summary of their feedback. To support students like these, contact Mark Bartels, executive director, UCU Partners, at m.t.bartels@ugandapartners.org or donate directly at: https://www.ugandapartners.org/donate/)
Name: Gaborya Charles
Program: Master of Journalism and Media Studies
How has the scholarship helped you in your course of study?
It has been a great and fundamental push towards my study and without It I do not think I would have been able to take up a master’s degree.
How would do you want to use your degree and why?
I want to have a deeper understanding of development, communication and gender. And I want to use the degree in the field of development, specifically gender-based development.
What do you want to say to your sponsor?
I want them her/him to know that I am very appreciative of her/his support.
Name: Odongkara Emmanuel
Program: Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
How has the scholarship helped you in your course of study?
It has created a good environment for me to learn, and share ideas with other fellow students, and lectures It has transformed the way I think.
How would do you want to use your degree and why?
I want to become an investigative journalist and a writer. I have a passion for writing and serving others. I am influenced by great writers such as Ben Carson who inspires and leaves you challenged.
What do you want to say to your sponsor
Thank you for your support, and thank you for believing in UCU!
Name: Byron Otto Andrew
Program: Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
How has the scholarship helped you in your course of study?
It has helped me in every way of my life and my education’s journey in general.
How would do you want to use your degree and why?
I want to be the best in journalism, reporting specifically on children’s and women’s issues affecting their humanity. I also want to be what God wants be to be in His Kingdom. I had a hard childhood that makes me cry often times. From surviving death, life on the streets, to living without parents, my life has been a very challenging journey to where I am at the university. I have learned to respect humanity,God, and appreciation to what is happening in the humanitarian sector, and I want to use my communication degree to report on what is happening in the humanitarian community. That is why I am studying journalism at UCU. I remember when I was a child I wanted to be President of Uganda. Now, and if God allows it, I want to represent the children on streets and tell my testimony.
What do you want to say to your sponsor?
Thank you and may God Bless you! You are my parents now and would love to meet you someday!