Life without school
September 18, 2020
Happy Murungi ,16, poses for portrait in front of cattle grazing at Bugoma forest reserve, Kisindi forest station. Hoima. The family sells milk and meat to earn a living. she milks the cows in the evening. a liter of milk costs 500 Uganda shillings, much less than a dollar. She deliveries milk to neighbors around their house and at the trading center.
If not for the COVID pandemic, Happy would be in a classroom learning. Her story is not different from many other children who have been forced out of school due to the pandemic.
Happy is a senior three student of Kabwoya senior Secondary School in Kabwoya Sub-County, Hoima District. She has been home since her school was closed in March 2020 as a preventive measure to fight COVID-19 pandemic. "I miss school a lot. These days I spend the day helping my father to herd cattle and milking.
With a lot of hope, Happy holds onto her dreams of becoming a lawyer after her education. Today she remains hopeful that her school will be open very soon.
