| Hi Dudley, We hope this email finds you and your loved ones well this month and looking forward to the downhill slope towards the end of another year. It's warming up here in Australia, so wherever you are, we hope you're enjoying some of that beautiful sunshine! SOME EXCITING NEWS ๐ The Ugandan Ministry of Education has finally confirmed that schools will be re-opening early next year so our campuses have been busy with new furniture being delivered and tours of our schools for new parents and their children. We can't wait to see our students and return to face to face learning in our classrooms! |
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| Another busy month in Uganda! Thanks to wonderfully kind people like you, Dudley, we have accomplished A LOT this last month. Our Senior girls have started an 8-week mentorship program which aims at developing their self-esteem and independence. Life skills such as financial management, decision making and goal setting to help guide them towards the future they envision are being taught to these girls. Our Senior boys have also started life planning sessions to help them learn and understand the changes they experience during adolescence and how they can best manage the social, emotional and physical changes that happen during this time. With personal feminine hygiene management still a key issue in our communities, we are planning a new program that will see our Primary 7 students - who recently learnt how to make reusable sanitary pads through the SAWA World training program - pair up with our tailoring women to create 2,000 Menstrual Hygiene Management (MGM) kits which will then be distributed to disadvantaged girls between the ages of 12 and 18 in our Katuuso and Mbazzi villages. Watch this space! |
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| Here are some other key highlights from the month. - New student enrolments are complete! Our teachers are now starting to plan and prepare lessons for the new academic year starting in 2022.
- The boy's boarding facility has been full steam ahead and is 80% complete. Our Construction team has even been working across weekends to complete some major activities this past month including the completion of the slab, the roofing, and the electrical wiring work.
- Our hard working teachers have continued visiting the students in their villages to conduct small group lessons.
- More harvests have been produced across our three schools. In addition to the production of maize, kale, sweet potato and matooke last month, we have also grown and harvested cabbages, eggplant and collard greens which have been sustaining our staff living on-site.
- 100% of our teachers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
- 215 patients have been treated at our school clinics this past month. Respiratory tract infections were the most commonly treated illness.
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A sneak peek! ๐ Something big is coming, Dudley, and as a friend of ours we wanted you to be amongst the first to know about it... On November 23rd at 9am we will be running OUR FIRST EVER Giving Day! What's a Giving Day, you ask? It's a special day where ALL donations made within the defined 24-hour period will be TRIPLED thanks to our generous pool of matching partners. This year the funds will be going towards our Girls' Fund programs that provide special interventions and remove barriers that girls face to accessing a quality education. There are 3 ways you can get involved in our inaugural Giving Day: - Create a Fundraising Team and be a CHAMPION for Girls!
- Share the Giving Day on your social media and with your family, friends and workplace leading up to and on the day to help us reach even more people.
- Join us in our Head Office in Sydney and volunteer your time on Tuesday, 23rd November.
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Supporter survey results Thank you to everyone who completed our recent supporter survey! We are still compiling the results from our 200+ respondents and will share the findings with you really soon. Until next month, take care and we hope you have enjoyed our latest news. With warmest wishes, The School for Life Team |
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