Schools for Schools: bringing teachers to students
The Schools for Schools team recently handed over several finished buildings to the authorities at Awere Secondary School. During the Lord’s Resistance Army conflict, the school was displaced and by the time it was safe to return they had only an empty shell of a structure for classrooms. Everything else had been completely destroyed. Schools […]
Legacy Scholarship: preparing for life after college
The Legacy Scholarship Program university beneficiaries had the opportunity to learn more about how to thrive after and while still at the university through a workshop that was organized to empower, motivate and inspire students to make good use of the available resources. The students were taught skills in speaking, presenting and driving, and advised […]
Schools for Schools: everyone is a writer
School for Schools just announced the winner for their annual essay writing competition. Students were tasked to write about a given topic in 500-1000 words. The scripts were thereafter graded following the Uganda National Examination Board standards to help students become better writers. Fred, a Legacy Scholarship recipient, was the overall winner in the essay […]
Legacy Scholarship: the championship
For Gulu Secondary School and Lacor Secondary School, winning the annual inter-school volleyball tournament in March this year was not the end. In fact, it was more like the beginning of their journey to victory. These two Gulu District victor teams had to defend their titles by facing Pader’s winning teams: the girls from Pajule […]
Groundnuts generate income
Many members of Invisible Children Uganda’s Village Savings and Loan Associations take on Income Generating Activities (IGA) to earn extra income. The groups meet every week to save money together. They pool their earnings and out of that are able to take out loans to start up IGAs like rearing poultry, keeping goats and cows, […]
New Classrooms for Sacred Heart
When visiting Sacred Heart School, one of the first things to catch your eye as you walk past the administrative offices is the 3-story classroom block in the center of campus. It is painted a cheerful yellow, and if you come during classes it is alive with students filling each classroom with laughter and chatter […]
Reaping the Rewards
Predominantly made up of women whose lips were cut by the Lord’s Resistance Army during the war in northern Uganda, group Rubanga Tek (God is strong) is a Village Saving and Loan Associations group in Lamwo District. The group was initiated last year with support from Invisible Children Uganda’s regional office, and so far has […]
The ICU Office: challenging the local supermarket to a soccer match
The friendly soccer match between the staff of Uchumi supermarket and Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) staff was neck-and-neck as both teams played with determination. As the participating teams did their best, so did the spectators who cheered all through the game with the hope of motivating their different teams. “We go, we go,” sang the […]
School Debating
The Legacy Scholarship Program’s (LSP) debating competition attracted 22 schools from the districts of Gulu, Nwoya, and Amuru. Each school was represented by its best debating team, persuading judges and the audience to accept their argument either opposing or supporting the motion of the day: “The youth are to blame for the low levels of […]
Dreaming in the right direction
“I have always dreamt of becoming either a journalist or an accountant and after the career guidance talk at my school, am looking forward to achieving my career goals,” says Bernard of Pabbo Secondary School. For students such as Bernard, choosing a particular career path from the many options available stands to be a challenge […]