SUSAN NAMUKASA
Date of Birth: 1st April 1999
Personal Life
Susan is last born in a family of 4 boys and 2 girls in Makuutu, a remote village in the newly created Bugweri district. Her parents were poor, so she did not go far in education. In 2017, she left the village and stayed with her late sister Alaisa Namukasa hoping that she could find some job to do. It was during this time that Alaisa introduced her to bead making and by the time of Alaisa’s death, Susan had learned to take up this work.
Future Plans
Since the opportunity to go to school has more or less faded, Susan thinks that she is going to work hard to perfect her work in making quality handcrafts, which she can sell locally or internationally to earn some money for a living. She also feels that the 2 orphans living in their family are very much part of her and wants to support them in all ways possible so that they may grow up and also succeed in school. One avenue she can use to achieve much of this is through making beads.