Lance Armstrong once said, "If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you have to go all the way."
The words ring true for Sarah Angom, who sees the opportunity to study fashion design as a second chance.

Angom became pregnant during her senior four vacation, and as fate would have it, she gave birth to a child with sickle cell disease, an issue that has plagued her to this day.

"Life was difficult because my parents refused to take me back to school.
"I prayed to God for a second chance, and I am grateful that this opportunity came and I was chosen," Ongom says.
"I'm learning skills, and I'm confident I'll improve my life," says Ongom, who now aspires to be an example to her peers.

"I want to tell them that it is not only office jobs that can provide them with an income; even manual labor can feed you and enable you to care for your family," she explains.
Angom left the child with her mother before enrolling for the course after her husband's family blamed her for bringing sickle cell disease into their home.

"If I can be given a sewing machine, I will immediately start my business because I live in town," she hopes.

"I have experience, I appeal to my fellow sisters to be patient and commit themselves to God who has the ability to give us second chances even when we have been disobedient to him.
"They should concentrate on their studies and pay attention to their teachers," she advises.

Angom is an orphan with nine siblings who lost their father in 2007.

She is currently enrolled in Achangali Technical Institute in Abim District.
She is one of 31 girls and women being trained in fashion design at the institute, which is sponsored by Enabel and funded by the Embassy of Ireland.