How raising chickens is funding my dream to be a land surveyor

How raising chickens is funding my dream to be a land surveyor
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This essay is one of 35 selected by a panel of judges for “Ambitions Interrupted,” a series from The GroundTruth Project and YouthVoices, its storytelling platform.

Name: Mbaziira Joshua

Age: 27

Dream job: Land surveyor

City, Country: Kampala, Uganda

Current job/school: University student studying business administration, livestock farmer

Challenge: Financial difficulties

My dream job is to be a land surveyor. I currently work at the Arena Poultry Farm in Kamuli, which helps me pay for my college tuition. The farm was established in 2014 to help transform the poultry industry there and also take it to the next level.

Today, the farm runs a series of activities including a breeding, hatching chicks and chicken processing for hotels and restaurants. The farm’s brand is known for supplying quality poultry products locally. This is a farm that is generating thousands of shillings through poultry farming. The farm even has a hotel.

This story was originally submitted to YouthVoices, a platform powered by The GroundTruth Project that encourages young people to share stories about the issues affecting their generation. Submit your own essays and answer new questions here, or learn more about global youth unemployment with this interactive map.

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