As the Assistant Head Boy of Keyo SS, Matata is in charge of all of the boys at the school’s original site. He encourages the student population to respect one another, and serves as a peer mediator for any conflicts that arise between his fellow students. He is focused on his studies as he plans to follow his ambitious dream of becoming the next President of Uganda. His favorite course is Geography because he is fascinated by the land, the climate and weather patterns. In preparation for his potential future life in the political limelight, he’s planning to further his education at university and is actively involved in Keyo’s Debate Club. He also enjoys playing volleyball and singing. While home from school during the holidays, he spends time with his family, who he calls his true ‘team’, and plays football with friends. He can’t wait to see the rest of Keyo’s students return to the original site. He has already seen great improvements in the attitudes of the staff and students; the entire school population is working toward Keyo’s motto of ‘Arise and Shine’. Matata is thankful for what the students worldwide are doing to help develop northern Uganda.

As Assistant Head Girl of Keyo SS, Prisca is responsible for looking after the female students at the school’s original site. It is clear that she is passionate about her future and her education, which she believes go hand-in-hand. She hopes to finish her schooling and continue on to the university level to become a secondary-level English teacher and potentially even teach abroad- a notion very much inspired, she admits, by Invisible Children’s Teacher Exchange Program. At school she is involved in the Straight Talk Club, where she learns about lifestyle choices and issues facing youth today. In order to help pay for her school fees, Prisca helps her parents dig in the fields when she is not at school. She also reads as much as she can to improve her English. Prisca has seen great changes already in Keyo thanks to the work of the Schools for Schools program. The teachers are more motivated and the students are no longer overcrowded. “The whole school is benefiting greatly. The future seems brighter,” she says. She hopes all the students fundraising for Keyo will remember that students in Uganda are not so different from her and her classmates.