Jackline’s Journey: The Transformative Power of Vocational Training

My name is Aryemo Jackline. I am 42 years old and come from Alim village. I am a single mother of four girls. Like any other person who endured captivity at the hands of the LRA, I also have a painful story to tell—the worst being abducted and forced into marriage with an LRA commander, which led to the birth of two children. I thank God because I was rescued alive with both of them.

When I returned home, life was fairly okay until I got married. It did not work because the community I married into began calling my children names, and things worsened when my husband started maltreating my children born from captivity. This prompted me to return to my village with four children to feed, educate, and look after single-handedly. I struggled a lot to provide the basics; it was hard.

My luck came one day at a community meeting where I learned that CCF (Now Te-Kworo Foundation) was identifying wartime sexual violence survivors to assist. I was fortunate to be nominated and given the chance to join the vocational and business skills training.

CCF’s (Now Te-Kworo Foundation) intervention has truly helped me. Although I had already started my business, I was struggling. The skills I learned—such as calculating profit, minimizing costs, and understanding the importance of having alternative sources of income—along with their support, have greatly improved my business. Now, I can save each week, and my business has become stable. I am happy because the money I save will support my children’s education; two of them are already in secondary school. This has lessened my worries and encouraged me to continue working hard.

I thank CCF (Now Te-Kworo Foundation) for their sacrifice and support. I can now fend for my family more easily, and I encourage them to continue the good work of supporting mothers like us who are alone.