Tuesday, May 22, 2012

A Doctor in the Making!
Jofrees is excited that Term 2 has begun and school is back in session.  During the holidays, he and his brothers walk 7km every day to tend to their family’s gardens.  “I like school better than working in the fields because at school I learn to read.  When I learn to read well, then I can become a doctor.  That’s what I really want—to be a doctor at a hospital that cures HIV and AIDS.  Too many people have been killed and are suffering from this.”  Jofrees, is an AIDS orphan himself.  He is the second to last of 10 children living with his mother, who works as a maid in town.  He never thought he would get to finish his education when his family moved from Northwestern Province to Chipulukusu a few years ago, but thanks to the low school fees at Young Peacemakers School, he is in Grade 3 this year.  At 13 years old, Jofrees is well older than a typical third grader, but that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for school and for following his dream of becoming a doctor.
Reported by Lisa Ash

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