My name is Zam. I was born in Uganda and grew up with my grandmother in a village called IBANDA. I grew up in a situation where we could afford to have just one meal a day and sometimes sleep hungry. I used to walk long distances with no shoes on with my grandmother in search of water and food. When me and my cousins would fall sick, grandmother would cure us with natural herbs since we could not afford hospital bills.
I walked long distances to school everyday and never gave up because even then as a child, I was ambitious. As I grew up, I promised myself that one day I would do something to help children who are in the same conditions of poverty that I grew up in.