"They taught us how to pray in Sunday school. I always pray for my family and friends. I pray for peace and safety. I fear riots. I remember one time we were in school then suddenly we had blasts and there was a thick huge cloud of white smoke in the compound. We ran out of the classroom and scattered around the whole school in fear. I was terrified. I couldn't see well, I was choking and coughing something was burning my whole face. Kids allover the school were screaming and yelling. People came and helped us wash our faced with water. No one knew it was teargas except the teachers. My sister and some kids in the kindergarten section fainted and were rushed to a clinic - I thought they were dead" (Kireka-Kasokoso, Wakiso)

"When I grow up I want to be a school teacher, So that I can teach little kids whose parents can't afford school. Kids who can't afford school here just stay home do chores then after hang at the river some fetch water, some swim and play as some look after cattle" "What do you think is the hardest thing about being a school teacher?" *Giggles* "I don't know because I have never been to school before" (Budadiri, Sironko)

"[1/2] Well let me see I think one of my happiest moment was when I had my daughter here. I was only 19. Well to be honest there's nothing anyone says ever prepares you for your first child. I can't forget when her father pushed me to abort her because he thought he was unprepared and too young to have a family. Then I refused and ran to my mom who asked me never to abort and promised to do whatever it takes as long as she's alive to support me. And that moment at the hospital when I gave birth to her I was just laying down on the bed. Then I saw my mom holding her in her arms and she said to me, 'she looks just like me, the both of you now look like me' that's the moment when it really hit me that I had become a mother" (Budadiri, Sironko)

"[2/2] I cry everytime I look back at those moments way back in school when we were all in love and made silly promises to ourselves. Everything seemed perfect at that moment. I wish we only knew what the future had in stock for the both of us. The fact that I won't marry the father of my daughter is my saddest moment"  (Budadiri, Sironko)

"I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Wait! I do love martial arts, acrobatics and performing tricks. I always do some tricks for my friends when they come back from school, they enjoy it so much. They sometimes wish they could do the stuff I do and I also wish I could go to school like them. So I agreed to teach them my skills as they teach me how to count numbers and write my name first - But I am running out of skills to teach them"  (Budadiri, Sironko)

"When I grow up I want to be a business man. Since I love to dance I will start a b.boy dance school back in Luweero district my home town for the kids like me. Kids there got talent but just lack facilities. It's the easiest way to keep the kids busy, socialise and at the same time entertained. I don't want kids to engage in theft, drug abuse, violence and other evil acts.They need to be productive citizens that support their families and make their parents proud " (Wandegeya, Kampala)

"I have a big brother that I always looked up to. He was a role model. I admired him. I wanted to be just like him. He played football so well and I remember the first time I got to see him was on TV I was so excited I had to go home and tell mom about it. He made us proud when he scored the winning free kick for his team. A huge crowd of fans carried him up high. They praised him. He was man of the match. But deep inside I was saying "that's my brother and I want to be like him". Today he's not the guy I wanted to be anymore. His addiction to drugs killed his talent. He lost his mind. People that praised him are the same ones that criticise and judge him"  (Bweyogerere, Wakiso)

"I want to be a lawyer when I grow up. So that I can help my family and other people who have been victims of land grabbing. We lost a lot of land that my father had inherited from my grand father to some rich neighbour he bribed the local council and the police. My dad tried to follow up on the matter but his life was threatened till he gave up and left everything to God"  (Kiwanga, Mukono)

"Christmas period is a time when our relatives from Kampala come around. They bring lots of stuff. There's always lots of food and fun. Even our neighbours come and we eat together. And then we move to our friends' homes and eat again. It's the only time of the year when we get to have some money on us. We then go to cinema halls dressed up in our best Sunday clothes - I wish everyday was Christmas"  (Budadiri, Sironko)

"I used to work at a farm. We had to wake up at 5 am & retire home at 6 pm. We walked close to 10 miles daily to the farm. Where we took care of cattle, do some gardening. They paid us 5,000UGX at the end of the day. I almost quit but then I thought of my kids back home who I wanted to get a decent education not end up like me that's what pushed me to work even harder. Until I was diagonised with kidney disease, I was forced to quit. Today I work as a cleaner at Magada Health center- Not because I want to clean but its all I can do due to my medical condition. I can't stay home and rest. I got a family to provide for.  (Magada, Namutumba)