Norah Ishabel Kwemererwa is a God fearing, social and humorous female student at Dughaga Secondary School. She is an orphan who lost both her parents to HIV/AIDS at the age of 5 years. Her motivation is “To do what is right and help others overcome a problem.” She is very passionate about leadership. Her role model is Winnie Byanyima, one of the famous women leaders in Uganda now working with the United Nations.

Ishabel Norah is a very committed, dedicated and hardworking student who has always mobilized fellow students to participate in community activities. She has promoted teamwork among students in school and is one of the major promoters of leadership and social responsibility.

Norah has also taken leadership and social responsibility to her home community. She has always taken efforts to help her local community, and she is currently teaching her fellow youth lessons on community work and leadership.

Norah’s desire to see social awareness and community action spread gets stronger by the day. She spreads it to everyone she meets. She most enjoys seeing people’s attitude’s change through the work that she does.

About this scholarship

This scholarship is for a social change program called Educate! Socially Responsible Leadership Course which was created by our partner Educate!.

Educate! has created a new model of education that channels the untapped potential of youth in Africa to become part of the solution. The curriculum is focused on the skills and experience students need to find solutions to problems in their communities.  The teachers are mentors who build powerful relationships that give youth confidence to lead change.  And the classroom is the community itself where the Educate! students start initiatives that solve the problems of poverty, disease, violence and environmental degradation.

Today, Educate! is working with 415 high-school aged youth across Uganda, and developing a model of education that can be applied across Africa.