Shafik and his brother lost their parents at a very young age. They were left with no one to care for them.
 
Shafik took on the role of caregiver for his brother at a very young age. He has been working his entire life (making bricks, helping construct kilns and carry heavy loads for construction workers). Every shilling he earned was useed to pay school fees.  
 
Fees for Primary 5 increased and Shafik is no longer able to work enough to pay the fees. His dream of graduating from Primary 7 and moving on to secondary school or auto mechanics school have been put on hold.
 
Connect to Uganda admitted both Shafik and his brother, Shafil, to the NBS program. When sponsors are found, both boys will be placed in the boarding section at Bubago Lutheran Primary School where they will be fed and have a place to sleep every night.  A local construction worker, who first introduced the boys to the Lutheran Church of Uganda has agreed to allow the boys to stay with him during breaks from school.
 
Shafik has been described as being "a great boy with no habit of theft, who always strives to earn money honestly to pay his own school fees." For this and many other reasons, we hope to give him the very best opportunity to succeed through the NBS program!