Sinosi at his working place
Who said that if you don’t go far with your education, you cannot do better in life? Francis George popularly known as “Sinosi” did not go far with education but is a hard worker.
Works of his hands are speaking for him as he can change piece of wood into a beautiful display cabinet, a chair and anything you want. He is currently the head of Carpentry section at Andiamo. Born in 1978, he is the only child in their family. He is a standard 3 drop out of Sosola Full Primary School.
Sinosi has confessed that he never knew that he would become a carpenter because of his education background.
Francis says he was raised up by his mother only and he discloses that life was not easy then.
“I was really feeling sorry for what was happening to me. I was wearing rags and it was taking my mum three to four years for her to buy a pair of trousers for me,” he expresses his ordeal.
He thanks his step father for taking care of him before his uncle taught him some skills in carpentry and also how to build a house.
His luck came in the year 2000 when Fr. Mario, a parish priest then, chose him to undergo vocational training at Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust. Since then, he has worked in different sections of Andiamo and later Carpentry section, where he is till now.
Sinosi says his only sad moment at AYCT is the day he lost a finger at the workshop. However he is grateful to the Cooperative for compensating him and the medical support he received.
Francis, who owns a house says he can proudly claim that he is able to support himself and his relatives. He says this has also been possible because of some of the volunteers from Italy.
“I thank Gaetano and his friends from Italy for teaching me how to make beautiful things and for their financial support. I have two expensive bicycles which they gave me as a gift. It could have taken me long to have these bikes,” says Sinosi.
Francis is engaged to Chisomo Kanyerere, a stores clerk at AYCT.