Robert Kilulu is a student at Nabumali High School. He is a Gishu by tribe and from the Christian faith.

Robert wants to be a neuro-surgeon, as well as lead a social entrepreneurship organization. He wants to save lives and believes that good health leads to positive thinking. He also wants his community to be job creators rather than job seekers. He sees himself dedicating his life to social entrepreneur and passing those skills on to others.

Currently, Robert leads the Nabumali Social Entrepreneurship Club, and through his efforts, the club has started a piggery project alongside growing vegetables to sell. They have ambitions of selling doughnuts to their fellow students next year.

Finally, in his own words this is how he wants to be remembered:

“At least by the time I take my last breath the reason of my existence should be significantly spelled out. That I existed because I had a unique potential, different from the others to cultivate, and use it to cause positive change.”

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.