Peace For Children - Hamza's story

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Hamza Sserwadda 18 Years Old Place of Birth: Namayumba village, Wakiso District

Family history I lived with my parents who loved me very much. They worked very hard.

My mum passed away when I was about 4 years old.

Circumstances that led me to live on the streets …. and experiences of life on the streets … I was living with my...

When my father was there she was nice to me but when he was away she badly mistreated me. She would not feed me and make...

I told my father but he did not believe me because he only saw her loving me. My father worked away from home a lot s...

One day she sent me to the markets to get food. I was very hungry. I saw people playing cards saying that I could double...

I put all my money on the cards but I lost it. I stayed at the markets all day because I was too scared to go home.

When I got home my step mother was very angry and she said she was going to kill me. When she learned that I did not ...

I hid from her until late at night. When I went back home she was still waiting for me with the stick. That was when I kn...

I had to leave. I was seven years old.

I walked and walked and walked in the direction that all the cars were going.

I did not know what Kampala was like but I knew it when I reached it. At first I was happy to be in Kampala but then I st...

I saw a boy like me and I asked him where I could get something to eat. He gave me something and then left me.

I slept on verandahs and woke up hungry. I went with other street kids to collect bottles and metal scraps. One boy ate ...

I knew that I was a street kid when I started talking to other kids. I had to start eating scraps from the rubbish. I li...

I slept on verandahs and woke up hungry. I went with other street kids to collect bottles and metal scraps. One boy ate ...

I went to local markets and a lady gave me food. I knew that I was a street kid when I started talking to other kids. I...

I had some friends who loved me but some kids harassed me when I had money or metal scraps. Older kids would beat me and...

I didn’t like sleeping on the streets because it was always hard to find somewhere to sleep. It was very cold and police ...

There were a lot of drugs on the street. Whenever I got money I would get fuel to sniff so that I could feel good. I like...

If the police found you doing drugs they would arrest you. I was taken to remand homes so many times I lost count.

One time I stayed in prison for two years. We only got fed once a day and we would have to work from about 4.30 in the ...

When I was back on the streets an older boy told me to stay with him and his friends. They were thieves who entered peopl...

One night… one of the boys was caught by the owner of a house and was beaten to death.

For some reason I had known not to go into the house that night so that is when I knew I had to stop. I went back on to ...

How I came to live at PCA

One day I was walking in the slums with my scrap metal. I saw all the street kids going to a place where these men were...

I spoke to one of the men but he could not help me. Next time I spoke to Uncle Paul. He asked me a lot of questions. I...

Every time he came to the slums he would talk to me and give me some money.

One day he told me he wanted to start an organisation. I went with him but it was not established so I left.

Next time he saw me he convinced me to go back. He constructed a small papyrus structure and that is where I slept. N...

The organisation grew from nothing. I saw how my life was changing and I decided then I was never going back to the st...

Uncle Paul and Uncle Martin started bringing in other boys and we got bigger and bigger.

The uncles enrolled us in school but it was hard for me because I had only gone to Primary 3. I went into Primary 5 and ...

By second term I was second in my class and by third term I was first. I always listened to Uncle Paul because he always...

He gave me courage to learn to speak English, from then I always studied hard so that I would come first.

Because of this I was included in a program called ‘ Connecting Classrooms’ which operated in UK, Senegal and Uganda. I...

Before the end of the year we had an exchange with them and I was selected to go to the UK. I told Uncle Paul I needed a ...

I had a chance to go in a plane something I never thought I would be able to do when I was living on the streets. When ...

School details School name: Mackay College. Education level: Senior 2.

Favourite subjects Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Biology because ever since I was on the streets I wanted to be a doc...

Hopes for the future (i.e. resettlement with family, further education, career aspirations)

In my future I have two things I would like to be. First is a doctor and then in my spare time I want to create art.

I want to be a doctor to help people who are suffering.

I want to take my message of thanks to the world.

I want to thank Uncle Paul. He is my best friend and my only parent I have known to guide me along the way.

I want to thank PCA because it has given me so much. I don’t have a lot of materialistic things but I have so much.

I want to thank everyone who has left their countries to come and help us at PCA.

I want to tell the people of the world that even though kids on the street are described as, and perceived as hopeless, th...

When they are given the opportunity they can achieve anything.

People and Governments need to address this problem. I hope in the future there are no street kids.

Hobbies, likes and dislikes

I like football, riding bikes, reading books and listening to music. I also like visiting new places.

PCA has just begun a land campaign. To read an extension of the post below, please visit our blog here: http://peaceforch...

If you believe that this is a step in the right direction for PCA and would like to support us with this ambitious goal, a...

To get to the space below where you can donate toward the PCA land campaign, click on this link http:// peaceforchildrena...

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