PROJECT-SUPPORT UGANDA
2024-130-UGA-SDG 4 / equal education fund
2024-130-UGA-SDG 4 / equal education fund
Uganda, Adjumani
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It borders South Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Tanzania to the south, Rwanda to the south-west, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. The borders with Kenya and Tanzania run partly through Lake Victoria and the equator runs through the south of the country. The country's capital and largest city is Kampala.
Adjumani is a district and town in the far north of the country with a population of around 200,000. Due to its geographical location and conflict-ridden past, Adjumani is one of the poorest and least developed regions in Uganda.
The equal education fund specifically supports educational projects for children and young people who would otherwise not have access to a kindergarten, school or vocational training. Education is a prerequisite for qualified work and an independent life. The organisation supports children and young people directly through small, professionally managed project partners, all of whom they know personally and visit regularly. They are currently active in Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala) and south-east Africa (Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia).
In the remote north of the country, UgandaKids has been working hard to enrol over 600 children in school since 2007. The majority of the pupils come from families who are unable to send their children to school due to poverty. Others are half-orphans and orphans who have lost one or both parents to war or diseases such as AIDS and malaria.
Schoolproject: UgandaKids
UgandaKids is a school in Adjumani in the province of West Nile in northern Uganda. The area on the border with South Sudan has only very rudimentary infrastructure and is heavily characterised by poverty and subsistence farming. The school provides over 600 mostly orphaned and needy children with a solid pre-school and primary education, and therefore a real chance of social advancement.
The director, Hilda Ibba, comes from the same village and is the initiator of the school. The rapid growth in pupil numbers documents the need for such a facility. The school grounds are a safe environment for the day and boarding pupils, where they can listen to the concerns of the teachers, headmistress and carers.
In addition to the compulsory Ugandan curriculum, the children also receive health care, nutritious meals every day, and are encouraged in sports, culture and creativity. This holistic approach improves their physical and mental well-being, and favours the development and training of individual skills.
The pupils regularly achieve very good results in their final examinations, which is not self-evident, given the social background of the majority of the children. The orphans and children from the poorest backgrounds are given the opportunity to continue their education at a good secondary school after completing primary school. This forms the basis for the next step, which is vocational training to enable them to earn their own living.
In 2023, the number of former pupils who worked at the school, either in an internship or as new permanent employee, increased. After their primary school years at UgandaKids, they completed secondary school and then went on to vocational training. Some of them are now employed by UgandaKids as teachers, librarians or nurses.
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