From Enock Sadiki

Growing up in Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda, I didn’t have the opportunity to go to school. At the age of nine my life changed; I moved from Uganda to the United States. This was the start of a new journey in my life.

I didn't speak English, I didn't know anyone in the United States, and I had to live in an environment I wasn't used to. Moving to the United States was an opportunity my family and I were excited to have, but it was not an easy one. My parents didn’t speak English, so it was hard to get around.

We arrived in Providence, Rhode Island on May 5, 2014. The community we arrived in was full of different cultures and ethnicities; it was hard for us to adjust to this new environment. A few months later, we learned that there were other people from African countries who spoke a language we knew how to speak, and that’s how we were able to find people to help us go places and find food that we were used to.

Now I am a student at Berea College, studying education. Someday I hope to go back to Nakivale and start a school there.