Building Tomorrow is an international non-profit organization empowering people to raise funds & awareness to benefit vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Building Tomorrow School Project
Every morning 41 million children in sub-Saharan Africa wake up with no school to attend. In Uganda, 57 percent of children finish primary school and 18 percent have the chance to attend secondary school. Over 1 million children are not enrolled in primary school and, of those, 70 percent are never expected to.
Countries such as Uganda have initiated Universal Primary Education (UPE) programs, guaranteeing a free education to every Ugandan child, however the government simply does not have the means to provide children with even a basic classroom.
Building Tomorrow Academies are built in areas that do not currently have a formal school in operation, giving many children their first opportunity to learn inside of a classroom. Ever. The money raised will pay for land, construction materials and desks while local community members volunteer over 25,000 hours of labor to complete the construction of each Building Tomorrow Academy.
Off the Mat Into the World® and Ambassadors for Children have partnered with Building Tomorrow for the 2009 Seva Challenge in an effort to build a primary school, housing for all seven teachers and their families and develop a farm on the school’s property, all for $125,000.
Without housing, it is not uncommon for teachers in Uganda to walk long distances to and from work each morning or live separate from their families. Without providing a meal at school, students often must go an entire school day without eating.
Monies raised during the Seva Challenge will give hundreds of students the same opportunities we so often take for granted-the opportunity to receive an education.
Good to know...we are so lucky to live where we do!
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