My Life in Africa Reports: By Akena Micheal

My names are Akena M.K Micheal. I was born in 1969 from Pece Division , Gulu Municipality and I am now 35 years old.

I am a married responsible man with 02 children of which 1 is a girl and the other one is a boy.

When I was 14-15 years old, I satrted seeing insecurity prevailing, the situation became worst that forced me from Kampala to Gulu In Northern Uganda on foot via Jinja to Lira and to Gulu almost 400kms walk. That was the time when I stopped academics and joined a Technical School at Pajule where I did CJ (carpentry and joinery). I completed the course in 1992 and that was the time I became exposed to the world.

I am a carpenter while my wife is a peasant farmer and I normally work tirelessly towards the susrtenance of my family, I am a well known carpenter in my local area, one day I met Ayaa Grace and she asked me whether I can get grass for making a local houses made of Grass and then I accepted that I know and I can get it for her and then I did that work voluntarily with out requesting for any money.

She then gave me authority to make for making two houses made of local grasses and after completing the work, this has made me to join the organisation that is Life In Africa and thee are alot of good things I got from Life In Africa. They gave us training as volunteer workers, more so they were offering these training to uneducated people and this widened our oortunities and improved on our lives. Secondly they are helping the orphans and thirdly they are training their members by making paper beads, buvera bags and also offering computer training to people.

And these are what I have seen from one of the staff of Life In Africa that is Grace Ayaa, she is hard working cares for every body and she loves children very very much and she dresses according to our culture.

According to my experience in the world, the worst thing I have ever seen is starvation and insecurity, they are my worst friends. Mean while what I have seen and liked most in my life are peace, health and good social and religuous life.