Help us pay school fees for girls in Uganda

*** NEW! All donations are now match funded, so your $250 becomes $500 to put two girls through school for a year! ***

Schooling in Uganda is not free, but it only costs $250 per student per year

In Uganda there is a cost for secondary school that must be paid by families who want to give their children an education. While fees are only around $250 (£170) per student per year many families cannot afford that, forcing children to drop out of school. Traditionally, boys get priority in families who can only afford some school fees, so it's even harder for girls to get an education.

Sending girls to school has huge community impact, just ask Tinah

Tinah, from Jinja in Eastern Uganda, received a scholarship 10 years ago that allowed her to finish school and qualify for nursing school. She became a nurse, earned enough to build a house for her mother, supported her cousins through education and has moved her family out of poverty in one generation. We want to pay school fees for more girls like Tinah, so they can complete their education and change the future of their families and communities forever.

Our first goal is to give the Gift of a Future to 30 girls like Tinah in 2016

I have travelled to Uganda many times over the past five years and built personal relationships with school leaders who jump for joy at the idea of having the funds to educate more girls. We have identified 30 school places that are ready and waiting for funding, and need your help to fund them. We will do more over time, but feel strongly we can achieve this first milestone if we work together.

Please help by clicking "Make a Donation" above and giving however much you can.

We will keep all donors informed of our progress and, more importantly,  of the progress the girls that you fund make through their studies and the impact they make on their community.

Thank you in advance to anyone kind enough to help make a difference in these girls' lives. They could not be more grateful for the gift you're about to give them, the Gift Of A Future.

Kate Prinsep
Principal
Gift of a Future