Opio Sam Caleb
30 June 2008
Kaudha Pauline 14 a pupil of Buwuda Primary School is the last born in the family of four. Though her name suggests she is a twin, she is not. She inherited the name from her grandmother and wants to live very much like her.
She was a well-respected woman in the village, a marriage and children's counselor and insisted on girls respecting themselves.
Kaudha looks to education as her saviour to set her free, have a choice and add value to herself. To her being disciplined by the teachers or anybody is corrective if done in good faith.
"My aim is to be a woman of status in society and I have to respect and value myself so that these men do not deceive me off my studies" she insists
Kaudha hopes to join Busoga High School for secondary education next year and plays netball, knows how to prepare local dishes especially luwombo.
She is an actress for the Christian Children's Fund Buwuda Affiliate.
Her call to government is rescue the girl child with sanitary pads, which are very expensive and make girls miss school during the times they are in periods.
She also warns her fellow children to keep off sex completely abstain and not take risks with condoms just do without and wait.
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