Expansion on Magooli Children's Education Center

Hello everyone! Please see below for our latest progress report!

Child Crisis Center Uganda's (CCCU) mission has always been to bring accessible education to the underdeveloped community of Magooli, Uganda. In this remote part of Uganda, the children who were fortunate enough to attend school (prior to CCCU’s involvement), had to put up with undesirable circumstances that led to a high dropout rate. The children used to walk 4-5 kilometers to school in the morning and then 4-5 kilometers back home. This walk is not only long, but it is dangerous for many of the children (especially the girls) and they are walking barefoot and in all weather conditions. During the school day, a child attending government schools will be in a classroom of at least 50 children (and sometimes upwards of 200 children) in a classroom all trying to compete for attention and direction from one teacher. Child Crisis Center Uganda has worked hard to bring a nonprofit educational academy to the community and alleviate the need for the children to travel and compete in overcrowded government schools. 

Child Crisis Center Uganda's school, Magooli Children's Education Center - Namayingo (MCEC) has transformed the lives of the children tremendously. GlobalGiving has been a huge resource to us since the partner application process. 
Since our formation over seven years go, we have been able to construct a kitchen and a cafeteria with working stoves, a sustainable chicken farm, sustainable fruit tree farms, hosted several educational volunteers, provided our children with shoes and clothes, and hosted our first ever graduation ceremony. Our most recent update has consisted of constructing seveal new additions to our education center with help from our friends at Terra Tech and the Reiner Meutsch Foundation Fly and Help! These additions have included three new classrooms, teacher's quareters, and new sanitary facilities. These additions have allowed us to expland our school to now accomodate children up the age of 18! The Magooli Children's Education Center is a model school in the district, and our children continue to excel in and outside of the classroom! 

Since our last report, the girls have been taught how to make reusable sanitary pads! This is huge, as in this part of the world, women’s reproductive rights are not widely taught, and many of these girls are shamed for their periods. The ability to make their own pads will help them to manage their menstruation in a healthy and sustainable way. Thank you to SoulMedic for the donations enabling us to purchase materials and sewing machine, and for supporting the education around menstruation and the making of sanitary pads. This is wildly empowering for the girls and we are overjoyed and thankful to have been able to facilitate this. We also had visitorts from the Netherlands and had such a good time with them! They supplied our children with books, footballs, and new jerseys, and we are so thankful for them!

We have launched a Teacher Sponsorship Program, where for $80 USD a month, one teacher at MCEC will be fully supported. This sponsorship will cover the monthly salary of one teacher at MCEC. The teacher's salary goes to covering the cost of the their housing, food/necessities, school materials, as well as their teaching wage. CCCU pays its teachers a very fair wage and we do our best to support their needs during their time with us. CCCU’s Teacher Sponsorship Program allows for a teacher supported by generous donors like you to go to feel safe and secure in their job all year long.
For more information on the Teacher Sponsorship Program - Click Here 

With all of these successes come the need for more support, now more than ever. It takes $2,000/month to run our education center and we are always looking for recurring donors, as we currently do not have enough donors to match our fiscal needs. For this reason, we are still hopeful that we will reach our goal through GlobalGiving, so that we may keep the school afloat, as our monthly budget has increased. Currently there are 336 children attending the Education Center along with eleven teachers, one cook and one nurse all on payroll. CCCU gives children a safe space close to home where they can receive individualized attention with the support of detailed and planned out curriculums. The Education Center is the heart of CCCU and we must keep it going!  

Please consider donating during the next GlobalGiving Giving Little by Little campaign, taking place between March 25-March 28th! During this timeframe, all donations up to $50 will be matched by 50%!

Thank you for your ongoing support!

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Child Crisis Center Uganda's (CCCU) mission has always been to bring accessible education to the underdeveloped community of Magooli, Uganda. In this remote part of Uganda, the children who were fortunate enough to attend school (prior to CCCU’s involvement), had to put up with undesirable circumstances that led to a high dropout rate. The children used to walk 4-5 kilometers to school in the morning and then 4-5 kilometers back home. This walk is not only long, but it is dangerous for many of the children (especially the girls) and they are walking barefoot and in all weather conditions. During the school day, a child attending government schools will be in a classroom of at least 50 children (and sometimes upwards of 200 children) in a classroom all trying to compete for attention and direction from one teacher. Child Crisis Center Uganda has worked hard to bring a nonprofit educational academy to the community and alleviate the need for the children to travel and compete in overcrowded government schools. 

Child Crisis Center Uganda's school, Magooli Children's Education Center - Namayingo (MCEC) has transformed the lives of the children tremendously. GlobalGiving has been a huge resource to us since the partner application process. Since this project began, the revenue generated by the GlobalGiving Campaign allowed us to pay our teachers while they were unable to officially work due to COVID-19, as well as purchase vital supplies and materials that we have had to previously reprioritize during the pandemic. This project has supplied the school with cabinets to store work, and a printer and ink to print out teachers' lessons; as this allowed the teachers to travel with lessons for each child and provide homeschooling.

Since our formation over seven years go, we have been able to construct a kitchen and a cafeteria with working stoves, a sustainable chicken farm, sustainable fruit tree farms, hosted several educational volunteers, provided our children with shoes and clothes, and hosted our first ever graduation ceremony. Our most recent update has consisted of constructing seveal new additions to our education center with help from our friends at Terra Tech and the Reiner Meutsch Foundation Fly and Help! These additions have included three new classrooms, teacher's quareters, and new sanitary facilities. These additions have allowed us to expland our school to now accomodate children up the age of 18! The Magooli Children's Education Center is a model school in the district, and our children continue to excel in and outside of the classroom! 

Since our last report, the girls have been taught how to make reusable sanitary pads! This is huge, as in this part of the world, women’s reproductive rights are not widely taught, and many of these girls are shamed for their periods. The ability to make their own pads will help them to manage their menstruation in a healthy and sustainable way. Thank you to SoulMedic for the donations enabling us to purchase materials and sewing machine, and for supporting the education around menstruation and the making of sanitary pads. This is wildly empowering for the girls and we are overjoyed and thankful to have been able to facilitate this. 

We have launched a Teacher Sponsorship Program, where for $80 USD a month, one teacher at MCEC will be fully supported. This sponsorship will cover the monthly salary of one teacher at MCEC. The teacher's salary goes to covering the cost of the their housing, food/necessities, school materials, as well as their teaching wage. CCCU pays its teachers a very fair wage and we do our best to support their needs during their time with us. CCCU’s Teacher Sponsorship Program allows for a teacher supported by generous donors like you to go to feel safe and secure in their job all year long.
For more information on the Teacher Sponsorship Program - Click Here 

With all of these successes come the need for more support, now more than ever. It takes $2,000/month to run our education center and we are always looking for recurring donors, as we currently do not have enough donors to match our fiscal needs. For this reason, we are still hopeful that we will reach our goal through GlobalGiving, so that we may keep the school afloat, as our monthly budget has increased. Currently there are 336 children attending the Education Center along with eleven teachers, one cook and one nurse all on payroll. CCCU gives children a safe space close to home where they can receive individualized attention with the support of detailed and planned out curriculums. The Education Center is the heart of CCCU and we must keep it going!  

Please consider donating during the next GlobalGiving Giving Tuesday on December 3rd, 2024! The more we raise, the more bonus funds we will unlock! Thank you for your support! 

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