Peter: What’s your name?
Nashiba: My name is Nashibah Nanyonga Kibirige.

Peter: What school do you go to and what level are you at now?
Nashiba: I go to Lynn English High School in Boston MA and am in the 11th grade.

Peter: Why did you get involved in trying to help people in need in Northern Uganda?
Nashiba: I am a Ugandan by birth and nationality, so I wanted to help my country move ahead. I am sympathetic for all those kids suffering. They live in sorrow day to day. I wanted to help since I am lucky enough to have a better life and be where I want.

Peter: How did you learn about the problems of children in northern
Uganda?
Nashiba: I heard and read about it in newspapers and when I was in Primary School in Uganda. My school held a trip to northern Ugandan. Sadly, I wasn’t chosen as an ambassador because I was in my final year. But my friend, named Grace, went and filled me in. I cry every time I think about them.

Peter: How much money have you raised since you started to raise money for the children?
Nashiba: I have raised money since I started two months ago.

Peter: It’s amazing to see you do that. How did you raise the money?
Nashiba: I baked cookies, sold wristbands, t-shirts and asked my family and friends to donate money.

Peter: What would you like the money you raised to be used for?
Nashiba: I really don’t mind what it is used for. Just as long it makes a difference in the lives of the children suffering in northern Uganda. I want Africa Project to send the money to Northern Uganda to support the good work they are doing with the children. Maybe the money can benefit young girls like me who unlike me, are not able to go to school.

Peter: What would you like to tell other youngsters and high school students like you to do?
Nashiba: I just want to say we should all do the best of our abilities and help out because these people did not commit any crime. They were just unlucky to be born in a suffering nation.

Peter: Many people who have heard of you and seen you raise money have called you a hero. What do you think of that?
Nashiba: I think it’s wrong because I am not a hero. I am just a person like anybody else. The only difference is I did something when I heard about the conditions of the people of northern Uganda.

Peter: What are some of the plans you have to continue doing what you started?
Nashiba: After high school, I want to gather some friends and we are going to go volunteer in Liberia, Uganda and Ethiopia (God willing).

Peter: We plan to collect textbooks and ship them to the schools and to children in northern Uganda. Would you like to be part of this and start doing that at your school?
Nashiba: Definitely! I would want to be involved as much as possible.

Peter: Tell us about yourself. What do you like to do? What would you like to be when you grow up?
Nashiba: I want to be a veterinary doctor/humanitarian after college. In my spare time, I love writing poetry and stories.

Peter: What message would you like to send to the children in Uganda that the money you raised will be sent to?
Nashiba: Please don’t give up. Keep on striving and remember God loves you and things will get better one day.

Peter: Anything else you would like to say?
Nashiba: I want to thank all of the Africa Project members for their love and dedication to helping children of northern Ugandan.

To help children of northern Uganda, or if you would like to start raising money like Nashiba did, please contact Africa Project via email at info@africaproject.net or visit their website at www.africaproject.net