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FNC Bukoto Career Day (Preschool through Grade 2).

The morning of May 20th brought a completely different energy to our Bukoto Campus. Every year, Career Day at FNC connects what our students learn in class with what lies ahead in their future. Last year was all about "doing," with students showing off their own creative projects. This year, under the theme "Be Inspired," we wanted to focus on something more personal: the actual journey of growing up and building a life.
Growing up is rarely a straight line. Usually, students only see the final result, the doctor in the white coat or the teacher at the front of the room. They don’t see the mistakes, the changes in direction, or the lessons learned along the way. That is why we asked our speakers to leave the polished lectures at home and just tell their real stories. We asked them to answer the questions our students are constantly thinking about: "Did you always know you’d end up here?" "What do you wish you knew when you were sitting in these exact desks?" and "What actually helped you keep moving forward?"
The day at Bukoto came with a beautiful surprise for our students. Almost every single professional who spoke, all but one guest speaker, actually works right here at FNC! It was incredibly powerful for the children to realize that the mentors they need are already walking the halls with them every day. Our students listened to a medical professional talk about the real dedication it takes to care for patients, and a catering entrepreneur share the hard work and long hours it takes to turn a love for food into a business. A fashion and design professional opened up about how to handle criticism and build a brand from scratch, while our own teaching professionals spoke about the joy and responsibility of guiding the next generation.
As the students listened, you could see things starting to click. Hearing people they see every day talk about the walls they hit—and how they climbed over them—makes a student's dream feel less like a wish and more like a real plan. It gave our children a true vision, showing them that the path to success is open to anyone willing to keep growing.
With the stories from Bukoto still fresh in our minds, we are now getting ready for our next stop. On May 28th, 2026, we are bringing this same energy to the Busiika Campus. We can't wait for another day of honest conversations and discovery. It’s these real moments that give our students the confidence to look at their own futures and say, "I can do this too."

There are stories that don’t just inform you… they reshape how you see vision. Christine Atukunda is one of those stories. She was just a young girl when she wrote a heartfelt letter to Wendy Gilliland, one of the co-founders of what would later grow into FNC Academy and Faith Nurtured High School; a letter that later became the inspiration behind the book Dear Teacher Wendy. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s worth getting a copy to understand the journey behind this story.
In that letter, she simply asked for help to go back to school, a child’s honest cry. Nothing more… yet nothing less! At the time, education was not even the original direction of the ministry. But that one letter became a turning point and catalyst that God used to redirect and expand the vision. What followed was the birth of a school from humble beginnings with 23 students and 5 staff members.
Today, that vision has grown into a fully registered structured school system, running two campuses from early learning to K–12. The main campus spreads across a beautiful 13+ acre campus and has already graduated two classes. And Christine? She belongs to the pioneer graduating class (2024). Full circle doesn’t even begin to describe it. She is now pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with Education (English and Literature) at Victoria University in Kampala.
Even more powerful, she now serves as a Grade 1 teaching assistant at the Bukoto Campus of FNC while studying in the evenings. The same place that once received her as a child… is now the place she serves. The same classrooms that once shaped her as a little girl are now shaped by her as she gives hope to the hopeless. That’s what vision does. It doesn’t move in straight lines. It moves in generations. One small voice, One letter, One yes from the founders, and a whole future changed.
To everyone who has prayed, supported, and believed in the journey of FNC Academy and Faith Nurtured High School, this is your reminder: What begins as obedience to one child can become a legacy for many. And sometimes, that child grows up and comes back to carry it forward. We are deeply grateful for how far God has brought us. And even more expectant for what is still ahead. The best is yet to come!

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