ZOMBO PLE STAR GIRL LACKS FEES FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION

Pimer Domtila at Warr Junior Nursery and Primary School, Zombo district. Photo by Mike Rwothomio 
 
By Mike Rwothomio
 
Zombo
 
The hope of attaining secondary education for Domitila Pimer, 15,  the best 2024 Zombo female Primary Seven candidate  who  got division one with aggregate 10, is  fading away.
 
The news about Pimer, is coming at a time when Alur Kingdom, religious and Political leaders and civil society organizations in Zombo, have been busy advocating for the education of the girl child.
 
Pimer was the head girl of Warr Junior Nursery and Primary School in Warr town council, Zombo District last year.
 
She defied all odds amidst challenges to get score 2 in Mathematics,  3 in science,  2 in SST and 3 in ENG. She was amongst the 23 PLE candidates in Zombo who attained Division one in the 2024 PLE results.
 
Pimer completed her P.7 at Warr Junior Nursery and Primary School in Warr town council, Zombo District, last year.
 
Pimer and her guardian  are now appealing for scholarships  from Alur Kingdom,  government, well-wishers and non-governmental organizations , for her to achieve her dream of becoming a Doctor.
 
"I want to appeal to everyone out there to come and help me achieve my dream of becoming a Doctor, I grew up with many  challenges that amongst others included  school fees,  because I never had my father and mother to support me, it was only my Grandmother and guardian helping me out" Pimer said.
 
She added, “I’m ready to study in any school around until I achieve my dream, but at the moment, as the family, we really lack funds, let the district come and help me if they can" 
 
Pimer's father Danty Ongigiu became mentally ill shortly after she was born in 2009. Her mother who couldn't bare the challenge abandoned her to opt for another Marriage in Pakwach district, leaving Pimer who was a toddler in the hands of her grand-mother Auma Fatima, in Warr town council.
 
Her grandmother Fatima Auma, a peasant farmer brought her up in a poverty-stricken home. She would sometimes lack funds to buy for her scholastic materials.
 
For all the years, Pimer who doesn't know her biological Mother said, “I grew up in this rural Warr, I always toil hard to help my grandmother earn a living. Sometimes, we dig other people's gardens to source for funds." She encouraged her fellow girls to be ambitious to achieve their goals.
 
Pimer is the second born of her mother. Her brother Rwothomio Ivan, who  completed P.7 in Warr Junior Primary school in 2023, upon attaining 14 aggregates  wouldn't join secondary education due to  lack of school fees. Rwothomio is now a boda boda cyclist in Warr town council.
 
Her grandmother revealed that, "she was being haunted by the fact that even her brother who got second grade ended up as a boda boda rider. But she kept her hope alive" 
 
The ambitious 15-year-old girl has been for years looking at some influential Powerful women as her role models. They are;   Zombo Woman MP Esther Afoyochan,  the  first lady and  minister of education, the speaker of parliament Anita Annet Among, the vice President Jessica  Alupo and  prime minister Robina Nabbanja.
 
The   supervisor of Warr Junior Nursery and Primary School Johnson Odongo, highlighted how the school offered a bursary for Pimer, calling upon other organizations to come in now to offer some helping hands.
 
The School Director Jeremiah Ojuku, attributed the performance of Pimer and her colleagues to hard work and resilience of the teachers, and rallied other teachers to adopt to the changing teaching techniques.
 
Gorge Bidong, the LCIII chairperson of Warr town council, appealed for more support on behalf of Pimer's family, clarifying that all organization seeking to help the girl, should use appropriate channel to reach out to the family.
 
Amos Jacan, the Zombo District Youth chairperson, rallies leaders and schools around to offer the girl a bursary.
 
The District Councillor of Athuma Sub county Francis Bolingo, noted that, “this is the government that shouldn't allow that bright girl stay at home, let them come and pick up this young lady and offer her bursary.”
 
Zombo is a district still battling with high dropout rate, staggering rate of teenage pregnancies and early marriage. 
 
Stakeholders are now arguing that this is the right time for anyone with a big heart to stand in the gap for the promising Pimer Domtila, who defied all olds to excel with flying colors.
 
To reach out to the family, you can contact the following.
 
Caroline Oroma- Guardian…………………0762134065
 
Mike Rwothomio- Journalist……………….0774294930 
 
Alex Pithua- Journalist……………………..0789366876
 
Elton-  close relative ………………………0786756341
 
 
 

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