Albert has three children attending Karbo primary school, Felicia in KG2, Velabekyaa in P3 and Zuviel in P6. He says his children are enjoying free books, pens, uniforms and feeding and healthy learning.
He’s a farmer and works very hard to feed the family. Sometimes there is little money, so after cultivating his farm he travels south to labour for at least three months at a time. Albert explains that due to climatic changes farming will be hard this year. The groundnuts should have germinated already and the maize in the backyard farm at the house should have grown. The backyard farm is what usually matures first and goes straight to the family’s stomach. Without another source of income to rely on, when the farm products are not yielding Albert will have to abandon them and head south.
With the uncertain nature of farming Albert explains “ATE has really helped me as I struggled to get money for provisions [for my children]. ATE has taken much of my burden”.
Albert has noticed a number of positive changes in his children since ATE began providing support to their school. “Before I used to have to yell at them to go to school, whereas now even without waiting for breakfast they are in a hurry to get there and they know they will be fed. Over these past three years (since ATE has been providing support at the school), there has been an improvement in their performance and they are healthy and growing well”.