Support Sky Is The Limit school in Uganda

Top of the list of good things happening for Sky Is The Limit this year is the news that we have almost reached our target to build 3 Classrooms to replace those eaten by termites! Thanks to the generous gifts from Henrietta Rose's friends and family from her Memorial Fund topped up by £30,000 from the Toy Trust they are breaking ground in May. We have raised £37,000 in total and only £3,000 remains to reach our target to complete the building, furnish the classrooms and plant trees to shade the school. This will make a huge difference to the quality of education at Sky Is The Limit. The children will have enough space to study in a cool building and the teachers look forward to fresh, clean, well-equipped classrooms.

We hope to complete the Classroom block by the end of July. If you feel moved to help top up the fund, we would be most grateful.

My Book Buddy made an unexpected entrance to the stage - introduced to us by Peter Orpen, a friend of the Rose family, My Book Buddy is the exceptional brainchild of Cathy Spierenberg whose dedication to books and reading has led her to sponsor projects all over the world to ‘stimulate and facilitate the reading process of vulnerable children in developing countries’. The involvement of children, parents and teachers in the community in the My Book Buddy programme is essential to the process. My Book Buddy sent detailed instructions and the funds to build 10 bookcases and fill them with enough books to provide a choice for each child to read a new book each week for the whole school year. Each child in the school also received a My Book Buddy backpack to make sure the books are kept clean and safe. Rose Mugenyi, Director, described the launch of Book Buddy: “The community around sky's limit school headed to the school to attend the launch of My Book Buddy library. Among those who attended was the inspector of schools Fort Portal Municipality, community leaders, teachers of the nearby schools, news reporters and other influential people from the community. We are very grateful to My Book Buddy donors as this was the first of its kind in western Uganda”. 

Rose wrote to us about nine bright, intelligent 13-year old girls who have completed Primary School and hope to go to Secondary School. Their parents are too poor to pay for the fees and Rose is hoping to find sponsors who will help to put them through 4 years of school. It costs approximately £450 per year for each one, that includes boarding and tuition at a local Secondary School. We were lucky to find a sponsor for Andrew, a medical student who needed support to complete the last 3 years to qualify as a doctor. He plans to become a paediatrician and return to work at Sky Is The Limit.  If sponsoring one of these young people appeals to you, please get in touch!  

Finally, Rose asked me to extend a warm invitation to each and every one of you to visit her and the children at Sky Is The Limit. They will give you a welcome you will never forget! Carolyn Barstow visited Sky Is The Limit in February 2017. She tells us: “It was truly memorable, and I am longing to return.” I plan to visit in June to see what your donations have achieved and to bring warm greeting for you and the Rose family to all at Sky Is The Limit.