A School for My Village

Anna Spangler Professor Williamson English 101 November 19, 2012 A School For My closure The drool of the building of an extraordinary school for innocent orphans that are not healthy and the astonishing enterprise by one man, Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, to raise an African community out of poverty and hopelessness makes a highly inspiring book. A School For My Village is an unforgettable page- turner that demonstrates that one mortal with a bold dream can change the lives of people who deeply need it and can make the appointation a better place to live in.This story is a great example of how turning calamity into hope can result in a very successful thing and how one person can truly make an enormous difference in the world for the better. Kaguri tells his story of how he overcame frightening odds on building a tuition-free school for military personnel immunodeficiency virus/AIDS orphans in his home settlement of Nyakagyezi, Uganda. This amazing story combines his own story o f growing up in Nyaka, the dismantlets that led him promoter for HIV/AIDS, and his journey toward founding/ developing the school. Growing up in rural Uganda, Kaguri lived on his familys venial farm and often-worked long hours for his father.His parents were barely able to send him to college with the little money that they had saved, but Kaguri overcame the odds and at last became a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York City. He overcame poverty to win a degree and worked as a human rights advocate. When he returned to his village in Uganda with his wife subsequently earning his degree, the number of orphans who were the victims of the HIV/AIDS epidemic overwhelmed him with dissatisfaction, so he vowed to open the first tuition-free school in the district for these innocent children who desperately needed it.Faced with many daunting obstacles, including little money, skepticism among friends in two the U. S. and Uganda, corrupt school inspectors, and a lack of s upplies, he and his wife doggedly built one schoolroom after another until they had an accredited primary school filled with students dreaming of becoming the future doctors, teachers, lawyers, engineers, and even presidents of Uganda.This inspiring story is a very heart warming one that makes you realize how lucky you very are for the life that you have and the amount of opportunities you can get that you are able to succeed in. This story really teaches you to not be selfish and I believe that is an important aspect that every human being needs to learn better. Who knew one person could make such an impact on so many lives for the better? Kaguri answered that question on a whole new level with his actions that he had realised and been successful in.A School For My Village teaches readers that anything is possible if you put hard work into it. It also teaches you to never knuckle under up no matter how many things are not in your favor or workings in your manor. Kaguri did not want the children of his hometown to be held back because of the opportunities/ learning utensils that they did not have, so he found a way to give them what they need in order to be successful. Those heroic efforts accomplished by Kaguri are truly unbelievable and definitely need to be known throughout the world.