Ayee needs a sponsor to go to vocational training in 2026
June 16, 2026

Because of You, Ayee’s Dream is Within Reach

Ayee is one of the fortunate students who received a scholarship to continue her education after graduating from Agwata Primary School five years ago. As she explains, “My parents are peasant farmers and their source of income is farming. This program helped me and my parents a lot because without it, I would not have been able to study.”

Because of supporters like you, students such as Ayee have been given the opportunity to dream bigger and pursue careers that once seemed impossible. After completing 10th grade in 2024, Ayee enrolled in a nursing and midwifery program and expects to graduate in mid-2027. These intensive vocational programs are not inexpensive—often costing as much as university. Yet in northern Uganda, vocational training frequently provides one of the most reliable pathways to stable employment and financial independence.

In Ayee’s case, her original sponsor could only afford to contribute at the primary-school lower funding level. That is why it is always so critical that we find additional sponsors at critical times as a child progresses in school. If we fail to find additional sponsors, then that can cause us to not be able to continue to provide scholarship funding to very worthy students.

Outreach Uganda has no stockpiled funds or extra funds to fill these gaps. you are enabling determined young women like Ayee to complete career-focused training and move toward meaningful employment. Without this additional sponsor support, many students would face the prospect of returning home with unfinished dreams and few opportunities to earn an income.

So we thank continuing sponsors for their ongoing support to help students finish their vocational courses. And we also thank new sponsors for providing critical support at exactly the right time during 2026. Your generosity is helping make vocational education attainable for students whose families cannot afford these costs and whose sponsors are unable to cover the full expense.

A thousand thanks for standing in the gap and helping transform hope into opportunity.

If you know friends or family members who might also be interested in helping girls like Ayee stay in school, we hope you’ll share this opportunity to support girls (and boys) in school especially when they are entering vocational programs so they can become gainfully employed upon completion. See students who currently need sponsors.

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6th graders taking exams in library august 2025
September 19, 2025

Agwata School Library Loved & Heavily Used

We are grateful for your support of this project which began in late 2018! The library project included not only the building, but a building well stocked with over 1500 books and even technology equipment. It has truly changed our school and helped both teachers and students grow exponentially in their learning. 

So much so, that for the last several years, our primary school has been the top ranked school out of 95 primary schools in our district in northern Uganda. And this year, the district designated our school as a “Model School” for the district, and encouraged all head teachers of other schools to visit it to see our facilities as well as the teachers and their teaching methods.

The library has been a cornerstone of those achievements.  Your support since late 2018 has made this possible! THANK YOU!

There is still much to be done at the school.  As visiting head teachers from other schools have discovered, their facilities and school compound may be better than ours!  For the last two years, our school population has exceeded 800 students! The school population has risen drastically as more parents and students see the value of students going to a good school that will increase their chances of success in life versus reaching a dead end because of poor grades.

While the library project is complete, our school desperately needs a building to house boarding students, mostly 6th graders who are studying for very important exams. We also need to continue to work on various upgrades at the school to keep up with continuing Uganda school regulations.

Please share this blog post with others you know that are passionate about kids and education! General donations towards the school are always needed and appreciated!

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Photo ofSarah - Recent Cosmetology Program Graduate in Uganda
September 23, 2024

A Journey of Transformation: Sarah’s Story

Sarah’s Story in Her Own Words

My name is Sarah and I was sponsored through Outreach Uganda since 2008 when I was a first grader. I recently graduated with a Diploma in Cosmetology and am working in a hairdressing salon.

I am so thankful for my sponsors who gave me hope and strength and made me graduate. I am the first person in my mother’s side of the family to graduate. I now work in confidence because of my education. Not only have I learned a lot through education, I’ve made good friends and learned computer.

If you are sponsoring a child now, I want to say, don’t give up on your sponsored child. Your sponsorship is giving your child knowledge and hope even when they might be going through difficult circumstances. It wasn’t always easy for me. Midway through her sponsorship, Sarah’s mother passed away and she was separated from her younger sister whom she was helping. But don’t give up. I did not give up during the earlier time I was not doing well. And now I have a job and can get a job and work.

I have achieved my childhood dream of graduating. I now have specialized skills of doing hair, makeup and nails. I am focusing my life, and working so hard that I can one day have a business of my own. I want to have my own shop. I want to help my sisters’ kids. I don’t want them to go through what we had to go through as children.

I feel grateful for where I am now compared to other girls from where I grew up in the slums. They are married and have many kids and are doing nothing– just stuck there.  For me, I have a job and know I can get work because of my skills. My thinking is different and my level of understanding is different.  I am so thankful for the education opportunity that was given to me! 

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