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Sarah Nnali: From Working As A House Maid In Dubai To Building A School, Houses In Her home Village

Sarah Nnali Mariam is a philanthropist and content creator from Jinja, located in Eastern Uganda. Her YouTube channel, Salla Tourist, has enabled her to construct a school and houses for the less fortunate in her community, thanks to her fans and subscribers.

Before delving into content creation and philanthropy, Sarah worked as a domestic worker in Dubai. In an interview with Wode Maya, she described the difficulties she faced growing up due to her family’s situation. Her mother often sought sponsors to provide for her and her siblings, but sometimes people would take the money and not fulfill their promises. This experience inspired Sarah to engage in philanthropic work, saying that it felt like a prayer for her mother, who desired the best for them.

Sarah left her village to work in Dubai, where she was employed as a housemaid for four years. Although her bosses were decent, she missed her family and working in someone else’s home wasn’t ideal. She eventually saved enough money to return to Uganda, where she built a house and started a business for her mother. Later on, she purchased land and built a school for underprivileged children in her community. When she returned from Dubai, she began a YouTube channel where she documented her philanthropic work.

Over time, her subscribers began inquiring about how to provide monetary support for her projects. Some of them contributed funds to build classrooms for the school. During the lockdown, Sarah was teaching from an open space, and subscribers began to offer basics such as blackboards, which inspired her subscribers to build the school.

Sarah’s mother, a former teacher, inspired her to start a school. She was a teacher before retiring to take care of her children. Her mother now teaches at the community school.

Additionally, Sarah built houses for the elderly living in her community, with the help of her subscribers. Her grandfather’s poor living conditions prompted her to start building homes for the less fortunate. So far, she has built five homes.