Gulu Montessori welcomes a blog post from one of our supporters Caira HS:
For some, right now is a tough time for money. Most of you would have been buying and receiving gifts from family and friends; going out and having parties. So I ask at this time of love, celebration and generosity that you spare a few pounds, anything that you can manage, to help children that really need it.
At the moment, countless children in northern Uganda have limited or no access to education, meaning a lack of access to opportunity, purely because they fall short of funds. Low-fee, affordable schools can have up to 50+ students per class, many having to sit on the floor due to the absence of resources – things we take for granted like paper, pens and desks. Children with disabilities have even less option for schools. Numerous go completely uneducated into their adult life, thereby limiting their job opportunities and restricting social mobility.
Gulu Montessori School wants to work with these disadvantaged children to better their future and broaden their horizons. Three months ago, Akello Miriam Atoro a teacher who has lived and worked in Canada and the United kingdom, moved to Uganda with the vision of setting up a school that follows the Montessori approach of education to benefit these children.
She has identified an ideal location but needs your donations to help gather the funds that will make this vision a reality. Her hope is to work with the local organisations to better the community. With your help she can commission individuals from vulnerable groups to make classroom furnitures such as; desks, chairs, book shelves and storage cupboards for the school, creating work for adults and parents, benefiting the local economy.
A few of us are trying to raise funds for this cause.
Here is a link to the GoFundMe page:
https://www.gofundme.com/gulumontessori
Thank you and wishing you a happy holiday
Caira HS
Gulu Montessori School 