Working with Ugandans,
to help Ugandans. |
An education partnership and sponsorship program to create and support a school for vulnerable children and at-risk youth in Uganda.
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Several years ago, Alice Wegoye, a retired school teacher and mother of ten, felt she needed to help Uganda's orphans and children affected by war and extreme poverty. So she turned her house into a dorm, gave up her home and her land, and used her tiny pension to begin construction of a school in Kigo, Uganda.
Grants ReceivedMKM Foundation
1650 Market St., Ste. 1200 Philadelphia, PA United States 19103-7391 Angus Lawson Memorial Trust ALMT c/o Street Child World Cup, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, UK. EC2A 4LT Medford Lakes Education Foundation Medford Lakes, New Jersey |
In 2008, a few of us, inspired by Alice's dedication and vision, came together and set up the Mtaala Foundation. Our goal: to help Alice turn her small home into a fully operational school, Awegys Secondary School, providing the best possible education to those whose dreams of attending school had not been realised due to poverty, conflict or the death of their parents.
Mtaala, run by volunteers in the US and UK, sends over 95% of its donations directly to Awegys, and over the last ten years not only have student numbers grown, from 5 to more than 100, but so has the school itself. Thank youThank you to all of our donors and volunteers in the US, UK and Uganda who helped make this past year a success. Please enjoy our annual newsletters. |
Mtaala has enabled the following: the construction of new classroom blocks, student dormitories, modern sanitation facilities, a library, a science laboratory and a health clinic; the provision of food and educational supplies for all the students; the hiring of more, and better, teachers; and the installation of a well, benefiting not just the school but the whole surrounding community.
Current newsWatch the slide show to see what Mtaala has accomplished over the years at Awegys Secondary School thanks to the generosity of our donors.
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