High School students in Dzaipi complete Holiday Education Support Program

Between May 9th and May 24th, 2025, 22 high school students gathered at Cabrini Center, In Pagirinya refugee settlement, Uganda, to attend an intensive program to improve their school performance in key subjects.

The program, organized by Heart Ministries Uganda, targeted students with low academic performance in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, adn Physics. Dedicated tutors mentored the students to improve their understanding of the different subjects, through lectures, group works and presentations. Such methodology would not only help the participants increased their grades, but also their confidence and relationshisp with fellow students.

The program was held during the school break between the first and second term to ensure the students commitment, as well as to prevent them from engaging in harmful behaviors while out of school. Students came from different high schools in the area, and where referred to the program by their teachers based on their grades.

Yiey Wichjial Mut

I am a student in senior three class studying at Pagirinya secondary school refugee settlement, Adjumani, Uganda. I am seventeen years old, adn I am from South Sudan.

I am a person who have vision, mission, goals and objectives for the future. Therefore, I believe that I shall make it to my expectations even though I failed to achieve what I want this term.

Thanks to the program I have leart that I can correct my mistakes and I can learn from them, and that giving more time to books will help me reach my destination, because:

Hard work + Determination + Focus + Commitment – Laziness = Success!

Nyeduel Nyer Mead

I am a South Sudanese refugee living in Pagirinya refugee settlement. I am in senior two class at Pagirinya secondary school.

I really appreciated the holiday program, and I am so happy that all the five subjects taught has impacted our lives and I believe when we return back to school we shall be able to do better in those subjects than we have always done.

Gatluak Simon

I am sixteen years old. I am South Sudanese and I am in senior two at Pagirinya secondary school.

I really enjoyed the holiday program. The teachers were great.

With my great pleasure and surprise, I finally fell in love with all the scientific subjects that I used to fear.

The program was a success and will be repeated at the end of the second term.

Holiday program participants on the last day