Education is the key to the development of children and the community. It provides chances to a worthwhile future. Not only do children learn to read and write, they also learn how to stand up for themselves and they learn to develop their talents and skills. Investing in education means investing in a better future for them.
In Uganda there are two kinds of schools, government schools and private schools. At government schools you don’t have to pay schoolfees, but parents have to pay for schooluniforms and other schoolrequirements. This is very expensive and many parents are not able to pay these costs. At private schools schoolfees as well as schoolrequirements have to be paid.
Education at the governmentschools is of a very low level and often the teachers are not qualified. A few years of secondary education is often enough to become a teacher at a government school. At private schools there are qualified teachers and there is a high standard of education at these schools. That is the reason why the Joanne Foundation chooses to send the children to private schools.
Related projects and newsflashes
The start of the new schoolyear
In Uganda the summerholidays have ended and the new schoolyear has begun. Three boys are going from primary school to secondary school and they are excited about it. Apollo and Jane have paid the school fees for 21 children and [...]
The visit to the School for Special Needs, the deafschool
This was our first visit to this school and we were very impressed by what we saw. The headmisstress, Sarah, was an inspiring and very enthousiastic woman with a clear vision on education for children with a handicap, in this [...]
Renovation work at Little Stars School
At the Little Stars School construction mistakes have been made resulting in an unsafe situation. The walls were slowly crumbling down and the bricks fell on the floor. The management of the school asked the Joanne Foundation if we could [...]
Phionah passed her exams!
For half a year Phionah Meeme lived in Joanne’s house at the children centre in Oeganda in 2007. She was very special to Joanne. Phionah had hardly had any education and that’s why we are so very proud that she [...]