Covid -19 has had a devastating outcome for the Buyijja Village School we support in Rural Uganda.  After almost six years of amazing progress, through the help of our donors, all schools in Uganda have been shut down.  The solution by the Ugandan leadership has been to provide radios or television sets to villages in order to do remote learning for students.  As the rural villages like Buyijja, are without electricity, this is untenable, leaving hundreds of students without school options. 

Reports of child slavery, early forced marriages, as well as health and food shortages are rampant.  Our project manager has implemented an emergency option to get teaching materials to the students by way of individual in-person distribution, to do our best to keep hope alive. 

The cost of these "Holiday Packages" along with writing tools is substantial, and is at best a "stop gap" until conditions for the village improve, and the government allows the schools to reopen.  

Every dollar of your donation will go to this end. It is only through your generosity that we can keep our message of "Hope and Love" for the future of these children alive. 

For more information on our work, go to http://www.friendsofbuyijja.com

Thank You!