Amos was referred to us by a school in Kampala in 2003. He was born in 1985 in Mbale, in the East of Uganda, but in 1992 moved - with his father's work - to a suburb of Western Kampala. It was there that Amos attended his first primary school. However, just two years into his education, Amos' family was again forced to move home - again, because of his father's work - to Eastern Kampala. At that time, the family couldn't afford the daily cost of a taxi across town. As a result, Amos was forced to leave his previous school and to move to a different one.

In 2003, Amos' father died suddenly, leaving him orphaned. Upon hearing the news, he left school for a period to help with the burial arrangements, but was later admitted back to finish the school term. However, he had no way of paying the second term's school fees, and so was barred from further attendance. Solomon's Children agreed to sponsor him through the remainder of his schooling, on condition that he continued to perform well. In late 2002, Amos completed the Ugandan equivalent of GCSEs, achieving 9 passes (of which 8 were credits). On first hearing that we would sponsor him, Amos described being "so overwhelmed with joy that I couldn't express", and told us of his conviction: "that the door to success has opened".

Amos' school career, like that of Innocent, and others supported by Solomon's Children, is typical of the Ugandan experience. For many, if not most, young people in the country, an educational career is a stop-start affair. Young people, even those who have attended some of the best schools in the country, are often forced to move between schools, and to sometimes leave education completely, as their family circumstances change rapidly. Solomon's Children aims to address this issue by providing young people with continuity during one of the most important phases of their educational careers, the period from O Levels to University.