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About
Us
Mission
Statement
To
educate and empower socially responsible young leaders
in Africa.
Our
Programs
Student
Sponsorship
Educate!
is a volunteer based non-profit organization that
provides scholarships to refugees and a select few
underprivileged nationals in Uganda to attend school.
Educate!
removes young refugees from the conditions that exist
in refugee camps and slums and sponsors their education
at some of the finest schools in Uganda. At their
schools students receive an excellent education in
addition to three meals per day, a warm bed to sleep
in at night, and safety.
In
addition to funds for tuition, Educate! covers each
student's' necessary expenses, including food, school
supplies, clothes and health needs. This ensures that
our students are able to lead quality lives in the
present while laying the foundation for their future.
Since
the first three students were sponsored in 2002, Educate!
has grown to support over twenty students.
Leadership
and Social Entrepreneurship
It
is our goal to empower our students to become socially
responsible leaders. Educate! is currently developing
three new programs
which focus on directly encouraging leadership and
social entrepreneurship.
Investing
More in Each Student
Educate!
believes that it is not enough to just educate a student
- the student must receive a quality education. For
that to happen, it is necessary to invest more in
each student.
Educate!
students thus receive support for all academic supplies,
as well as occasional support for additional classes
over their breaks and additional books. We do this
for our students because we believe that if we are
going to prepare our students to become socially responsible
leaders, they must have access to all the educational
materials and opportunities available to them.
For
this reason, we spend more per student than other
similar organizations. We believe that this is the
only way to truly have an impact on the student’s
life and significantly increase his or her chances
for a highly successful future.
How
it Works
Educate!
students apply to be sponsored, filling out our application
and including copies of documents such as their recent
report cards. Once selected, we work with each student
to try to find a school that best fits their interests,
personalities, and goals.
In
August 2007, Educate! partnered with Windle Trust
Uganda (WTU), a UK based non-profit organization which
has a similar mission to ours. WTU acts as a middle
man, bringing our students’ tuition funds directly
to their schools and giving them their money for school
supplies and other expenses in person. In addition,
they have a field officer who can be contacted by
our students at any time and meets with each student
at least once per month. We have benefitted from WTU’s
knowledge of the Ugandan education system and their
personal connections with many schools. WTU is paid
a 15% fee, which covers their administrative costs.
To
ensure accountability, WTU prepares a quarterly report
containing the signed receipts for tuition paid to
the school and for extra expenses given to the students
directly.
Educate!
Clubs
A
significant portion of Educate!'s annual budget is
raised by its student clubs, which fundraise, communicate
with the sponsored students in Uganda, and raise awareness
of what Educate! is doing. Click here for more information
about the clubs. More information
about our clubs...
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