User talk:Vtombe

Hi,

My name is called Victor Tombe Lako, born in 1/1/1970 in Juba, South Sudan to peasants parents. I am 41 years and 5 feet 6 inches tall. I went to nursary school in 1975 and thereafter to a Vilalge (Primary) school at Rejaf from 1977. I completed primary school in 1982 in Juba at Kassaba Primary School. I was then posted to Addis Ababa Intermediate school in 1983. The year 1983 marked the imporatnt date in the history of South Sudan; it was the year when the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA) movement started.

I obtained intermediate school certificate in 1985 and admitted to Juba Commercial Secondary School, Juba in 1986. I spent three years in Juba Commercial Secondary School and then shifted to Comboni Secondary School, Juba in April 1989 as a fresh student in first year. Combni secondary School, Juba is a Private Catholic School, as such they do not entertain students coming from other secondary schools to go to any standard other than first year.

In comboni Secondary School, Juba I sat for London University GCE O' Level Examinations in january 1991 at the height of civil war in southern Sudan. At the time, the SPLA forces were shelling Juba Town which was under the control of the Government of Sudan (GoS)Forces. Upon completion of secondary school studies, i was left without choice than to join Catholic Church Youth at Lirya Parish because for me it was the end of the road since my parents cannot afford to pay for my education.

One year down the line, I decided to join a Catholic Seminary to train as priest. This was vigorously resisted by my parents for two reasons. First, i am first born child in the family and my father wants me to be responsible of family affairs especially that he was growing old, and second my parents were so worried that going to seminary means not marrying in the family, which is a lost to the family and community. However, I convinced my parents and finally they gave in though with too much lost of hope.

At last here I am finally heading for seminary life July 11, 1992 in Khartoum. As a fresh student in the seminary, I was asked to go to orientation course for one year, a step to initiate one to seminary life. In April, 1993 I started philosophical studies and this took me two years, and graduated with a Diploma in Philosophy. As if my parents were continueously praying for my home coming, I decided to quit seminary life and return home to help my parents to the joy of the whole community.

I then ventured into the teaching profession in Comboni Secondary School, which took me four years (1996 -2000) and thereafter went to Nairobi, Kenya for undergraduate University Studies at the catholic University of Eastern Africa, thanks to the scholarship from the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba under Archbishop Paolino Lukudu Loro. I graduated in October 2004 with a Degree in Education (Hons). Today, I am an academician, manager, and a father of two. In life nothing is impossible if one is determine to achieve whatever he/she wants to achieve in life