Wycliff ’s parents were peasant farmers. His father left when Wycliff was very young and then died several years later. His mother remarried, but her new husband refused to accept Wycliff and his brother. Living with their grandmother, life was a daily struggle to survive with nothing extra to pay for school fees or supplies. Eventually Wycliff was sponsored by an organization and able to attend school. He was 10 years old when he started 1st grade. His grandmother was supposed to pay for half of his school fees but with scarcely enough money for food, there was nothing left for school fees or supplies. His grandmother worked hard selling bananas, gleaning leftover rice in the fields and selling trees on her land, but it was never enough. His mother also was never able to contribute, since she was barely able to feed herself and her other children.  Sometimes, when Wycliff was sent home from school because of unpaid fees, he worked in sugar cane fields or in other peoples maize fields to pay for school. When he was able to work, he not only provided for himself but also for his grandmother and mother. His extended family refused to help and even ridiculed him for pursuing an education when he would ask them for help. Eventually he was able to work in a program at the high school he attended that enabled him to complete high school and take his national exam. Wycliff and his brother are the only ones of their family to have finished high school. His brother (Moris) is also in Launch Uganda. Wycliff wants to learn to cultivate the land in sustainable and profitable ways, and teach others to do the same.