An Interview with Sr. Lucy

This week Amber and I would like to share an interview that we conducted with Sister Lucy, the Catholic Sister in charge of running St. Anthony's nursery school. Although she faces many challenges, Sister Lucy's work has helped St. Anthony's to grow each year to benefit more and more children in Nkokonjeru.

Q: Sister Lucy, tell me about yourself!

A: I am Sister Lucy Mueni. I come from Kenya, and I am working in Uganda as a Sister of Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assissi. I joined the congregation in 1997 and became a Sister in 2000.

Q: What is your area of work, Sister?

A: For my first mission, I was posted in Uganda to work as a nursery teacher. Since then, I have been able to start 2 schools in Uganda: Iganga and Nangongera Nursery School. Now I am working in St. Anthony's Nursery School in Nkokonjeru, which I started in 2011. At first, I was only able to get 6 children, but now the number has increased to 30. The aim of starting this nursery school was to help the children who were less privileged financially. Unfortunately, we are only able to help a small number of children because we don't have enough finances to cater to many. In the locality there are so many children who do not go to school because they cannot afford our tuition.