Name: Isma Wanguja
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Birthday: December, 22nd, 2000
Nationality: Ugandan
District: Busia
Grade in School: Primary One
Favorite Hobbies: Football
Religious Background: Muslim
Status: Vulnerable, Resident
Current caregiver: New Hope
Former caregiver: Grandmother
Father: Alive, HIV +
Occupation: unemployed
Year died:NA
Cause of Death: NA
Mother: Alive, HIV+
Occupation: sexual worker
Year died:NA
Cause of death: NA
Number of Brothers: 2
Number of Sisters: 1
My Story
Although both of Isma’s parents are alive, they separated from each other and are both HIV+. Isma’s mother is a prostitute and his father is unemployed. Before coming to NH, Isma was living with his grandmother, who earned less than 50 cents a day from the sale of charcoal. Isma could not afford to go to school regularly and spent most days fetch water or wandering idly around the Arubaine slums. Isma ate only once a day and slept in a small mud shanty.
Isma dreams of becoming a pilot
