Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. “Do you see that child? There is love in his eyes. There is love in this photo. This child is mine and he is holding his JaJa’s [Grandmother’s] hand. I am a si

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.

Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

“Do you see that child? There is love in his eyes. There is love in this photo. This child is mine and he is holding his JaJa’s [Grandmother’s] hand. I am a single father working full time and I could not raise my son to be a strong man without JaJa’s help.”

Photographer: Athieno Jane.  Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "We want to invest in our children because they are the future. They bring us joy. Here are children are playing along their road to s

Photographer: Athieno Jane. 

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"We want to invest in our children because they are the future. They bring us joy. Here are children are playing along their road to school after a long session of examinations."

Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "My son Bakaki Bright who goes to BESO Junior School was practicing how to ride a bicycle. He is five and a half years old. He is happy because he is in school. And I am

Photographer: Gladys Namugaya.

Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"My son Bakaki Bright who goes to BESO Junior School was practicing how to ride a bicycle. He is five and a half years old. He is happy because he is in school. And I am happy because we now have access to affordable education at a nearby school. "

Photographer; Athieno Vena. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "This is my teacher Madam Betty's husband. He asked me to take a photo of him. He was constructing his house in the traditional way, with mud and w

Photographer; Athieno Vena.

Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School.

"This is my teacher Madam Betty's husband. He asked me to take a photo of him. He was constructing his house in the traditional way, with mud and wood."

Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my kitchen, and my daughters are preparing dinner. I am planning to improve my kitchen with the additional money that I will get this farming season with the agric

Photographer: Babigumira Florence.

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"This is my kitchen, and my daughters are preparing dinner. I am planning to improve my kitchen with the additional money that I will get this farming season with the agriculture improvements from BESO Foundation." 

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age: 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Even the grandparents can dig. We work hard to get a meal. I am a single father and my grandmother helps me to raise my child. Through her hardships

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.

Age: 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"Even the grandparents can dig. We work hard to get a meal. I am a single father and my grandmother helps me to raise my child. Through her hardships we get a meal. She is the number one woman in my life. I love her."

Photographer: Nalubowa Annet. Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "My neighbor and best friend, Nassali is preparing banana juice to sell at the nearby market. This is one way that she works extra hard to earn additional money to af

Photographer: Nalubowa Annet.

Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"My neighbor and best friend, Nassali is preparing banana juice to sell at the nearby market. This is one way that she works extra hard to earn additional money to afford the school fees to send all her children to BESO Junior School. As they grow older she will need to work even harder to send them to good schools in Kampala to finish their education."

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "It is risky for my children to go alone to collect water for domestic use because of snakes and men who may harm them. So they go as a group with the neighbours. I a

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya.

Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"It is risky for my children to go alone to collect water for domestic use because of snakes and men who may harm them. So they go as a group with the neighbours. I am happy that we have jerry cans. 

Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "The boys were looking for fish from the swamp because their parents cannot provide food at home. It is difficult to manage the demands of school

Photographer: Athieno Jane.

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"The boys were looking for fish from the swamp because their parents cannot provide food at home. It is difficult to manage the demands of school with the demands of home life, but our children can do this because they are hardworking and determined."

Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls acting silly at dinner time. They are good girls."

Photographer: Nassali Mariam.

Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"These are my girls acting silly at dinner time. They are good girls."

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. My children, mostly girls, walk long distances to help me collect water for domestic use though it is fetched from far distances. They carry it home on their hea

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya.

Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer.

My children, mostly girls, walk long distances to help me collect water for domestic use though it is fetched from far distances. They carry it home on their heads because it is the easiest way to walk with the heavy water for such a long time.

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This elder, Kafuka, was coming home from her garden very exhausted. She is a hard working old woman who still farms to survive."

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This elder, Kafuka, was coming home from her garden very exhausted. She is a hard working old woman who still farms to survive."

Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "This man was helping me in my farm garden. Since I am sick with HIV I get someone to help me."

Photographer: Athieno Jane.

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"This man was helping me in my farm garden. Since I am sick with HIV I get someone to help me."

Photographer: Athieno Jane Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "We are based on farming and we show it to our children right from childhood. Farming is the best way we know how to earn an income that al

Photographer: Athieno Jane

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"We are based on farming and we show it to our children right from childhood. Farming is the best way we know how to earn an income that allows us pay school fees. "

Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I found this man on his tailoring machine. He was very sick but trying hard to get an income. He helps with our clothes knitting." 

Photographer: Babigumira Florence.

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"I found this man on his tailoring machine. He was very sick but trying hard to get an income. He helps with our clothes knitting." 

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.  Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Meet Madame Betty, one of my fellow teachers at BESO Junior School. She teaches the little ones and all the children love her so much."

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. 

Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"Meet Madame Betty, one of my fellow teachers at BESO Junior School. She teaches the little ones and all the children love her so much."

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.  "I wanted to show how our students at BESO Junior School focus in class. Some are super attentive. They squeeze onto the seats. "

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. 

"I wanted to show how our students at BESO Junior School focus in class. Some are super attentive. They squeeze onto the seats. "

Photographer: Egesa Enock. Age: 56 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These are my beautiful girls collecting firewood and water to help us prepare our days meals. You will not find harder working girls in all of Uganda."

Photographer: Egesa Enock.

Age: 56 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"These are my beautiful girls collecting firewood and water to help us prepare our days meals. You will not find harder working girls in all of Uganda."

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls tending to our goats, which are important contributors to our livelihoods."

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya.

Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"These are my girls tending to our goats, which are important contributors to our livelihoods."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my neighbor's son's house, and his bicycle. He studies with my son Bulega Julius. "

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"This is my neighbor's son's house, and his bicycle. He studies with my son Bulega Julius. "

Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious. Age: 13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. "This picture shows the road that leads to our school, which is surrounded by farm fields. I walk it every day and get excited eac

Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious.

Age: 13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.

"This picture shows the road that leads to our school, which is surrounded by farm fields. I walk it every day and get excited each morning when I go around this corner turn because I know school is near." 

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is my self-portrait, which I took with the first roll of film I ever received." 

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This is my self-portrait, which I took with the first roll of film I ever received." 

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is one of my students in the Baby Class at BESO Junior School. She is inside the first classroom that we ever built with the microgrant

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This is one of my students in the Baby Class at BESO Junior School. She is inside the first classroom that we ever built with the microgrant from Spark in 2010. Today, through our community efforts, we have expanded our school significantly and have three brick buildings with more permanent classrooms. We are so proud of the progress we have made."

Photographer: Waiswa John. Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member. "This is my self-portrait that I took with the assistance of my neighbor and good fr

Photographer: Waiswa John.

Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member.

"This is my self-portrait that I took with the assistance of my neighbor and good friend Nabunya Rose. I wanted you to know that I am a humble man that does not mind eating outside next to my animals, which I love so much." 

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.  Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "I took this picture to show you our local fashions. When I walk around the village I see so many half-naked children. This is a problem. It

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. 

Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"I took this picture to show you our local fashions. When I walk around the village I see so many half-naked children. This is a problem. It means the parents cannot afford to buy good clothes for their children. I work hard so as to provide my son with enough clothes."

Photographer: Robinah Kafuko. Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.  "I took this photo of my fellow pupils doing their exams. Madame Bilabwa is our teacher and these are my Primary Four friends. I also

Photographer: Robinah Kafuko.

Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. 

"I took this photo of my fellow pupils doing their exams. Madame Bilabwa is our teacher and these are my Primary Four friends. I also wanted to show that we are assessed after studying in our classrooms." 

Photographer: Nassali Marriam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "The disabled or elderly people in our community are so vulnerable and struggle so much because they cannot be catered by others. This man struggles to do simple task

Photographer: Nassali Marriam.

Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"The disabled or elderly people in our community are so vulnerable and struggle so much because they cannot be catered by others. This man struggles to do simple tasks such as carry water for bathing. He cooks for himself sometimes. He sometimes digs for himself. He never produced children. My heart goes out to him. it is a very difficult life."

Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer. "My baby girl enjoys playing with my neighbor's daughter. They are friends at that very little age. It's adorable."

Photographer: Gladys Namugaya.

Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"My baby girl enjoys playing with my neighbor's daughter. They are friends at that very little age. It's adorable."

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "It is so nice to see a father and his children together. Sometimes in our community the women are left alone to care for their children witho

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"It is so nice to see a father and his children together. Sometimes in our community the women are left alone to care for their children without much support from the father. It is a big problem. All children need their father's and I am happy that this man is so loving."

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This young woman was stretching hard to collect water from the source. It was risky for her because of the ground height and the water

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This young woman was stretching hard to collect water from the source. It was risky for her because of the ground height and the water source height. Additionally there was a bush surrounding that was full of snakes!"

Photographer: Vena Athieno. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "I took this photo because it was so hungry I pitied the animal. There was no food for it and it was very sunny. It looked thirsty."

Photographer: Vena Athieno.

Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School.

"I took this photo because it was so hungry I pitied the animal. There was no food for it and it was very sunny. It looked thirsty."

Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my beautiful saucepan that I use for preparing meals for my children. Here I am preparing matoke wrapped in banana leaves, the traditional food of the Buga

Photographer: Achieng Margaret.

Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"This is my beautiful saucepan that I use for preparing meals for my children. Here I am preparing matoke wrapped in banana leaves, the traditional food of the Buganda Kingdom." 

Photographer: Waiswa John. Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member. "My cow means so much to me. It represents all that I have worked for in my life an

Photographer: Waiswa John.

Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member.

"My cow means so much to me. It represents all that I have worked for in my life and makes me a very wealthy man." 

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture shows our traditional clothes in our Baganda culture. 75% of our women wear this type of dress, the Gomez. "

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This picture shows our traditional clothes in our Baganda culture. 75% of our women wear this type of dress, the Gomez. "

Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These two men are off to fertilize our pineapple gardens. The fertilizer is a new and improved type that the community is trialing

Photographer: Anyango Florence. 

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"These two men are off to fertilize our pineapple gardens. The fertilizer is a new and improved type that the community is trialing thanks to agricultural supports provided by BESO. Wanteete is in the Kayunga district, which grows the best pineapples in all of Uganda. "

Photographer: Kibirige Nalongo. Age: 40 years. Occupation: Farmer and Preacher. "These are my two sons farming after school. They work so hard to help our big family. They are very good boys."

Photographer: Kibirige Nalongo.

Age: 40 years. Occupation: Farmer and Preacher.

"These are my two sons farming after school. They work so hard to help our big family. They are very good boys."

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Alcohol abuse is a big problem with men in our community. This man is drunk and he doesn't help my grandmother (JaJa) or our family. He is very

Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.

Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"Alcohol abuse is a big problem with men in our community. This man is drunk and he doesn't help my grandmother (JaJa) or our family. He is very strong but he won't work."

Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. " These are Muslims and I loved how they respect their religion by wearing veils at a tender age. They are smart. Our community is

Photographer: Anyango Florence. 

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"These are Muslims and I loved how they respect their religion by wearing veils at a tender age. They are smart. Our community is very mixed and we have many Catholics and Muslims that live happily side by side." 

Photographer: Athieno Jane.  Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "There is nothing that gives me greater joy than seeing children playing after a long and hardworking day at school."

Photographer: Athieno Jane. 

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"There is nothing that gives me greater joy than seeing children playing after a long and hardworking day at school."

Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture is a double negative, meaning two photos exposed on top of each other. I did not mean for this to happen, but it is a

Photographer: Anyango Florence. 

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This picture is a double negative, meaning two photos exposed on top of each other. I did not mean for this to happen, but it is a happy and magical accident!"

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "I took this picture about our beautiful clouds at sunset."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. 

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"I took this picture about our beautiful clouds at sunset."

Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Water. Water. Water. So much of our days are spent fetching water for cooking, washing, drinking and farming. It is difficult to access and heavy to carry so far fro

Photographer: Achieng Margaret.

Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"Water. Water. Water. So much of our days are spent fetching water for cooking, washing, drinking and farming. It is difficult to access and heavy to carry so far from the source to home."

Photographer: Nalubowa Annet. Age 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. "For our kids, the woods is their kingdom. These boys have so much fun running along the roads and fields, playing their silly games. Here in Wanteete, we work outside,

Photographer: Nalubowa Annet.

Age 32 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"For our kids, the woods is their kingdom. These boys have so much fun running along the roads and fields, playing their silly games. Here in Wanteete, we work outside, cook outside, play outside, wash outside. We do almost everything outside except sleep and eat."

Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious. Age:13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.  "These are my very best friends. The bicycle allows us to have so much fun on our way to and fro school."

Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious.

Age:13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. 

"These are my very best friends. The bicycle allows us to have so much fun on our way to and fro school."

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I usually accommodate children even if they don’t belong to me. I provide them with their scholastic needs, and in return they help with domestic work and farming and even

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya.

Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"I usually accommodate children even if they don’t belong to me. I provide them with their scholastic needs, and in return they help with domestic work and farming and even cooking at home during holidays.

 

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I took this picture because my children asked me to show how they are friendly with their friend in the middle studying at a different school but we are neighbours. Their

Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya.

Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"I took this picture because my children asked me to show how they are friendly with their friend in the middle studying at a different school but we are neighbours. Their friend asked them that I should take a photo showing their friendship."

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This lady was using a lot of energy to grind her ground nuts. This is our common grinding mechanism for the source. It is one of the st

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This lady was using a lot of energy to grind her ground nuts. This is our common grinding mechanism for the source. It is one of the staples of our diet in the Buganda kingdom, and this photo shows the very traditional way of life that we lead here in the village."

Photographer: Nassali Marriam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Here in our community our children have a variety of access to fruits, they can go searching for them whenever they are hungry. I also wanted to show that during hunger s

Photographer: Nassali Marriam.

Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"Here in our community our children have a variety of access to fruits, they can go searching for them whenever they are hungry. I also wanted to show that during hunger seasons, my child substitutes food with fruits. This fruit is called "Ffene" (Jackfruit) and it is one of our favorites."

Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls studying so that they can pass the entrance exams to graduate from BESO Junior School and carry on to their senior grades at a boarding school in Kampala

Photographer: Nassali Mariam.

Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"These are my girls studying so that they can pass the entrance exams to graduate from BESO Junior School and carry on to their senior grades at a boarding school in Kampala. I am so proud of their hard work."

Photographer: Annet Nalubowa. Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These farmers are working so hard to cultivate our fields with natural fertilizers. The bags they carry are filled with coffee bean husks that are discarded when the coffee

Photographer: Annet Nalubowa.

Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"These farmers are working so hard to cultivate our fields with natural fertilizers. The bags they carry are filled with coffee bean husks that are discarded when the coffee bean is shelled for market. We lay out these husks around our garden to give our crops added nutrients." 

Photographer: Babigumira Florence.  Age; 42 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "Meet my beautiful daughter, Namugaya Esther. I am so proud of her because she has passed her entrance exams and will go on to senior primary schooling at a boar

Photographer: Babigumira Florence. 

Age; 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"Meet my beautiful daughter, Namugaya Esther. I am so proud of her because she has passed her entrance exams and will go on to senior primary schooling at a boarding school in Kampala next Fall. We could not have done this without the educational supports provided to us by Aaron Bukenya and his BESO team. We feel so blessed."

Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is a portrait of my neighbor and best friend, Nalubowa Annet. She is serving maize porridge to her children for breakfast before they leave to go to the BESO Jr. Schoo

Photographer: Nassali Mariam.

Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"This is a portrait of my neighbor and best friend, Nalubowa Annet. She is serving maize porridge to her children for breakfast before they leave to go to the BESO Jr. School. She works hard to provide all these meals for her boys."  

Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occipation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is a portrait of one of my best friends standing so humbly in her simple kitchen. We make the most of what little we have for our children."&n

Photographer: Anyango Florence.

Age: 29 years. Occipation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.

"This is a portrait of one of my best friends standing so humbly in her simple kitchen. We make the most of what little we have for our children." 

 

Photographer: Robinah Kafuko. Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. "I took this picture of Jack, Joan and Jane, to show that at school we keep hygiene and we help with washing our cups we use for porridge during

Photographer: Robinah Kafuko.

Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.

"I took this picture of Jack, Joan and Jane, to show that at school we keep hygiene and we help with washing our cups we use for porridge during the school mean program at breakfast. We even have baskets to keep them safe and clean. I chose this school because we study different things outside the classroom, like vocational skills and now even photography. Our teachers are more serious than those at my previous government school."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer "This is my neighbor's girl drying cassava for flour. This is one of our staple foods."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer

"This is my neighbor's girl drying cassava for flour. This is one of our staple foods."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I took this picture because my son had come home to visit us and I was so glad to see him again. He stays near our home and helps with some work, milking my cow."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.

"I took this picture because my son had come home to visit us and I was so glad to see him again. He stays near our home and helps with some work, milking my cow."

Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "These are some of the students at BESO Junior School that we support. They are playing in the schoolyard after hours."

Photographer: Athieno Jane.

Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook.

"These are some of the students at BESO Junior School that we support. They are playing in the schoolyard after hours."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "When I took this picture my  grandson was carrying water on a bicycle. It is easier to carry water on our bicycle than on our heads. But it still takes over one h

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. 

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"When I took this picture my grandson was carrying water on a bicycle. It is easier to carry water on our bicycle than on our heads. But it still takes over one hour to fetch water."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "Welcome to our community of Wanteete, look closely and you will see that love surrounds every inch of this place."

Photographer: Nabunya Rose. 

Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. 

"Welcome to our community of Wanteete, look closely and you will see that love surrounds every inch of this place."

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Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. “Do you see that child? There is love in his eyes. There is love in this photo. This child is mine and he is holding his JaJa’s [Grandmother’s] hand. I am a si
Photographer: Athieno Jane.  Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "We want to invest in our children because they are the future. They bring us joy. Here are children are playing along their road to s
Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "My son Bakaki Bright who goes to BESO Junior School was practicing how to ride a bicycle. He is five and a half years old. He is happy because he is in school. And I am
Photographer; Athieno Vena. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "This is my teacher Madam Betty's husband. He asked me to take a photo of him. He was constructing his house in the traditional way, with mud and w
Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my kitchen, and my daughters are preparing dinner. I am planning to improve my kitchen with the additional money that I will get this farming season with the agric
Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age: 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Even the grandparents can dig. We work hard to get a meal. I am a single father and my grandmother helps me to raise my child. Through her hardships
Photographer: Nalubowa Annet. Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "My neighbor and best friend, Nassali is preparing banana juice to sell at the nearby market. This is one way that she works extra hard to earn additional money to af
Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "It is risky for my children to go alone to collect water for domestic use because of snakes and men who may harm them. So they go as a group with the neighbours. I a
Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "The boys were looking for fish from the swamp because their parents cannot provide food at home. It is difficult to manage the demands of school
Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls acting silly at dinner time. They are good girls."
Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. My children, mostly girls, walk long distances to help me collect water for domestic use though it is fetched from far distances. They carry it home on their hea
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This elder, Kafuka, was coming home from her garden very exhausted. She is a hard working old woman who still farms to survive."
Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "This man was helping me in my farm garden. Since I am sick with HIV I get someone to help me."
Photographer: Athieno Jane Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "We are based on farming and we show it to our children right from childhood. Farming is the best way we know how to earn an income that al
Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I found this man on his tailoring machine. He was very sick but trying hard to get an income. He helps with our clothes knitting." 
Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.  Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Meet Madame Betty, one of my fellow teachers at BESO Junior School. She teaches the little ones and all the children love her so much."
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School.  "I wanted to show how our students at BESO Junior School focus in class. Some are super attentive. They squeeze onto the seats. "
Photographer: Egesa Enock. Age: 56 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These are my beautiful girls collecting firewood and water to help us prepare our days meals. You will not find harder working girls in all of Uganda."
Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls tending to our goats, which are important contributors to our livelihoods."
Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my neighbor's son's house, and his bicycle. He studies with my son Bulega Julius. "
Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious. Age: 13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. "This picture shows the road that leads to our school, which is surrounded by farm fields. I walk it every day and get excited eac
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is my self-portrait, which I took with the first roll of film I ever received." 
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is one of my students in the Baby Class at BESO Junior School. She is inside the first classroom that we ever built with the microgrant
Photographer: Waiswa John. Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member. "This is my self-portrait that I took with the assistance of my neighbor and good fr
Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni.  Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "I took this picture to show you our local fashions. When I walk around the village I see so many half-naked children. This is a problem. It
Photographer: Robinah Kafuko. Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.  "I took this photo of my fellow pupils doing their exams. Madame Bilabwa is our teacher and these are my Primary Four friends. I also
Photographer: Nassali Marriam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "The disabled or elderly people in our community are so vulnerable and struggle so much because they cannot be catered by others. This man struggles to do simple task
Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer. "My baby girl enjoys playing with my neighbor's daughter. They are friends at that very little age. It's adorable."
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "It is so nice to see a father and his children together. Sometimes in our community the women are left alone to care for their children witho
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This young woman was stretching hard to collect water from the source. It was risky for her because of the ground height and the water
Photographer: Vena Athieno. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "I took this photo because it was so hungry I pitied the animal. There was no food for it and it was very sunny. It looked thirsty."
Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my beautiful saucepan that I use for preparing meals for my children. Here I am preparing matoke wrapped in banana leaves, the traditional food of the Buga
Photographer: Waiswa John. Age: 53 years. Occupartion: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member. "My cow means so much to me. It represents all that I have worked for in my life an
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture shows our traditional clothes in our Baganda culture. 75% of our women wear this type of dress, the Gomez. "
Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These two men are off to fertilize our pineapple gardens. The fertilizer is a new and improved type that the community is trialing
Photographer: Kibirige Nalongo. Age: 40 years. Occupation: Farmer and Preacher. "These are my two sons farming after school. They work so hard to help our big family. They are very good boys."
Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni. Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Alcohol abuse is a big problem with men in our community. This man is drunk and he doesn't help my grandmother (JaJa) or our family. He is very
Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. " These are Muslims and I loved how they respect their religion by wearing veils at a tender age. They are smart. Our community is
Photographer: Athieno Jane.  Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "There is nothing that gives me greater joy than seeing children playing after a long and hardworking day at school."
Photographer: Anyango Florence.  Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture is a double negative, meaning two photos exposed on top of each other. I did not mean for this to happen, but it is a
Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "I took this picture about our beautiful clouds at sunset."
Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Water. Water. Water. So much of our days are spent fetching water for cooking, washing, drinking and farming. It is difficult to access and heavy to carry so far fro
Photographer: Nalubowa Annet. Age 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. "For our kids, the woods is their kingdom. These boys have so much fun running along the roads and fields, playing their silly games. Here in Wanteete, we work outside,
Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious. Age:13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School.  "These are my very best friends. The bicycle allows us to have so much fun on our way to and fro school."
Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I usually accommodate children even if they don’t belong to me. I provide them with their scholastic needs, and in return they help with domestic work and farming and even
Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya. Age: 46 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I took this picture because my children asked me to show how they are friendly with their friend in the middle studying at a different school but we are neighbours. Their
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This lady was using a lot of energy to grind her ground nuts. This is our common grinding mechanism for the source. It is one of the st
Photographer: Nassali Marriam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Here in our community our children have a variety of access to fruits, they can go searching for them whenever they are hungry. I also wanted to show that during hunger s
Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These are my girls studying so that they can pass the entrance exams to graduate from BESO Junior School and carry on to their senior grades at a boarding school in Kampala
Photographer: Annet Nalubowa. Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. "These farmers are working so hard to cultivate our fields with natural fertilizers. The bags they carry are filled with coffee bean husks that are discarded when the coffee
Photographer: Babigumira Florence.  Age; 42 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "Meet my beautiful daughter, Namugaya Esther. I am so proud of her because she has passed her entrance exams and will go on to senior primary schooling at a boar
Photographer: Nassali Mariam. Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is a portrait of my neighbor and best friend, Nalubowa Annet. She is serving maize porridge to her children for breakfast before they leave to go to the BESO Jr. Schoo
Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occipation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is a portrait of one of my best friends standing so humbly in her simple kitchen. We make the most of what little we have for our children."&n
Photographer: Robinah Kafuko. Age: 15 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. "I took this picture of Jack, Joan and Jane, to show that at school we keep hygiene and we help with washing our cups we use for porridge during
Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer "This is my neighbor's girl drying cassava for flour. This is one of our staple foods."
Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I took this picture because my son had come home to visit us and I was so glad to see him again. He stays near our home and helps with some work, milking my cow."
Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. "These are some of the students at BESO Junior School that we support. They are playing in the schoolyard after hours."
Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "When I took this picture my  grandson was carrying water on a bicycle. It is easier to carry water on our bicycle than on our heads. But it still takes over one h
Photographer: Nabunya Rose.  Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer.  "Welcome to our community of Wanteete, look closely and you will see that love surrounds every inch of this place."
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