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. Continue reading “Give the gift of education this Christmas”
My name is Akello Miriam Atoro. I am an educator, advocate, writer and poet. I am a woman of faith and a proud Ugandan-Brit (aka British), born at Lacor Hospital in Gulu district. I attended kindergarten at Holy Rosary nursery school, Gulu primary and Gulu Public schools. I also attended Aboke St. Mary’s College in Apac district. I continued with further education in London, England and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Like many people who lived in the region of northern Uganda at that time, I fled into exile to the United Kingdom and resided in London, for many years. Over the last few years, I lived in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Even though I physically removed myself from my motherland during those turbulent periods, the love for my people and country stayed in my heart, mind and soul. I always took the tmie to keep up to date about events that were dear to me.
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