Nanyonjo Anna Maria

is an 11-year girl in P2 who hopes to become an engineer.

Anna Maria is a paternal orphan who lives with her mother with two brothers and two sisters at Jemba village. Her father was killed by boda boda (motorcycle) thieves who killed him with a hammer and took his boda boda. They live in a rented room with no land on which they can grow food or cash crops. The mother who is the only caregiver now has no work. She used to wash people’s clothes and get paid but the money is not enough to meet her big family’s needs. Anna Maria needs a good person who can help her fulfill her dream of becoming an engineer.