Help a Child

Uphill is dedicated to giving the children in its community the best possible start – in a country struggling to educate its fast-growing population.

Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with 78% of people under the age of 40. Unicef estimates that only 40% of children are literate at the end of primary school. Only 1 in 4 children make it to secondary school

Uphill Junior School serves a poor rural area in western Uganda, where many of the children live on shambas (smallholdings that produce food for the family only). Money is in short supply and families often choose to send their sons to school and keep their daughters at home.

We are proud that girls make up just over half of the pupils at Uphill.

Would you like to help a child to go to school?

We set up the Pupil Support Fund in 2016 to help some of the children in greatest need attend Uphill Junior School. Twenty children are currently receiving financial support for schooling – 11 girls and 9 boys – giving them a better chance to succeed.

How you can help

£15 per month to will pay for a child to attend school for a year as a day pupil

You can also make one-off donations to the Pupil Support Fund and these are used to help with medical or other unexpected expenses that arise from time to time.

All the money in this fund is ring-fenced to help children who would otherwise struggle to attend school on a regular basis.

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What does your donation provide?

School uniform
Sports uniform
School bag, plus pencils and exercise books
Personal hygiene supplies (soap, toothpaste, vaseline)
Casual clothes
Shoes
School and examination fees
Breakfast and lunch at school each day

“Sponsoring a child is like planting a tree! A tree bears many fruits that benefit many people! Elius Muhimbise, Director of Uphill Junior School

Meet some of our children

Ronald

In 2016 Ronald’s parents divorced and they both disappeared, leaving 4 children to fend for themselves in Kampala. They were spotted by a neighbour who helped them to catch a long-distance bus to Fort Portal, where their grandmother lives.

Ronald attended Uphill from 2016 to 2019, with our help, gaining top marks in the Primary Leaving Exam. He now attends secondary school in Kamwenge and would like to become a pilot.

Javira has four siblings and her mother was dying of cancer when she joined Primary 1 in October 2014. She was then 8 years old. Javira became the second pupil to be supported by an Uphill Trust donor. Her mother died in 2017 and she lost contact with her siblings. She now lives with the school director and his family.

Javira took the Primary Leaving Exams in March 2021 and hopes to continue her education and eventually train as a doctor.

Laban has 4 brothers and 1 sister and lives with his mother and grandmother. He joined Uphill in 2016, walking 2 kms each way to school and back every day. His family make a meagre living by making and selling building aggregate – the children collect stones and pebbles to be broken into smaller pieces by hand.

Laban sat the Primary Leaving Examination in November 2018. He now works full time in the family business.

We first met Miria in October 2014. Her father had died of HIV AIDS and her mother also dying. The family could barely put food on the table, yet she wanted to go to school. Miria was the first child to be supported by an Uphill Trust donor.

Miria’s school career was mixed and she left Uphill to join the local vocational school in 2019. We lost touch with her during the 2020 pandemic and suspect she may have become a child bride.

Help a Child

Would you like to help a child to go to school?

How you can help

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What does your donation provide?

Meet some of our children

Ronald

Javira

Laban

Miria

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