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\u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for my NSSF savings, I probably would have lost my son. He may be in a wheelchair for life, but the reason he is alive today is because I had some savings with the fund. That made a huge difference and today, Noah is living his life,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
Throughout the preceding episodes, very inspiring stories have been shown for instance that of Rwakira Bonaventure, a security officer with the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) Kabale Branch.<\/p>\n
Rwakira, whose story aired on Sunday February 18, 2018, managed to set up only the second school in his Nyakagyera Parish in Kabale District. Despite receiving only Ugx1.9million as his initial age benefit, he set up a school; Uganda Martyrs Nursery and Primary School.<\/p>\n \u201cI decided to start up a school because I saw many children, including my own grandchildren covering long distances just to study. These were very young children and in the long run, many dropped out of school because they could not handle the daily trek, moreover on very hilly terrain,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n Currently, the school employs 11 teachers and has a boarding section for both boys and girls. The school\u2019s pioneer pupils are now in senior three.<\/p>\n Along the way, there have also been very emotional stories especially those shared by contestants who received invalidity benefits.<\/p>\n Mary Naikumi, a mother of two and lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology almost gave up on life after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n Naikumi narrated, \u201cMy husband had filed for divorce and left home when I was six months pregnant. Now, I had another challenge which was this monster called cancer. I was lucky to get free chemotherapy from Mulago. I did six courses which were very traumatizing, the body was tortured and the hope for living was getting very faint by the day.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that when the cancer reoccurred even after the chemotherapy, her resources were down to zero and she had no where else to run to. It was at this point that her savings with NSSF came in handy.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, I can confidently say that my NSSF benefits are my life because if I hadn\u2019t gotten that money, I wouldn\u2019t have afforded decent treatment. I wouldn\u2019t have a place to call home today. That money came in at a critical point and put a lot of things in line in that today we have hope. There\u2019s reason to live,\u201d she states with confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the NSSF Friends With Benefits TV contest goes past the half way mark, contestant stories are getting more interesting and a large number of viewers believe hat this year\u2019s finale will be a nail-biting one. With the majority vote, 70% being held coming from the public and only 30% held by the judges, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":3107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[14,31,122],"class_list":["post-3104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-business","tag-featured","tag-nssf"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/benefits3.jpg\")
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