Dear Teachers for Rural Futures Donors:
Happy New Year. We at Graduate Women International (GWI) wish you a healthly and joy-filled year.
GWI is extremely grateful for all the generous donations given to our Teachers for Rural Futures GlobalGiving Campaign over the past few years. Through your donations, we are changing lives.
The young women students sponsored by GWI are back at Makerere University after a well-earned holiday break at home with their families. They are now back in university classes in Kampala. This semester aims to highlight the progress the young ladies are making towards becoming quality teachers, community role models and leaders for other young girls in this rural area of Uganda. Additionally, our students will soon be starting their intersnhips and your donations for segment of their degree are needed.
GWI and Teachers for Rural Futures donors are so proud of the young women's achievements. We take this opportunity to congratulate them for success thus far and for taking these valuable next steps towards becoming quality teachers and contributing the GWI mission to train more quality female teachers. The skills learned from this summer's programme are invaluable.
So, thank you all again for your generous donations. They really do help!
Dear Graduate Women International Donors:
In today's world of challenges in education, funding education is more important than ever. On the bright side are programmes like Graduate Women International Teachers for Rural Futures programme which aims to increase the number of female teachers in rural Uganda, and decrease the number of girls who drop out of school. GWI knows that girls with female teachers have mentors and positive role models and are more likely to stay in school.
GWI currently supports three young women who attend Makerere University in Kampala. The young women have finished year one of their teaching degree and are starting their second academic year this October 2022. In the upcoming classes, the young women will start an internship to gain hands-on experience as student teachers, which they are looking forward to. We invite you to read the paragraph below submitted by one of our students. On behalf of all of our students in Uganda, Graduate Women International graciously thanks you for your continued support of our Teachers for Rural Futures programme. Your donations matter to the young women who study under our program, YOUR program.
Paragraph submitted by a student in the Teachers for Rural Futures Programme:
“I am so delighted to write to you about our experiences with this great fraternity of Graduate Women International and extend my sincere appreciations to the organization. I have started my academic journey this year so well and have finished year one and starting a new academic year this October as a second year student. What keeps me smiling all the time is seeing my dreams come true because I have always dreamt of becoming a role model in the lives of young women. On the other hand, I had a few challenges at campus with feeding in hall and expensive data due to post COVID-19 that brought an increase in prices of commodities. I was so pleased with Graduate Women International when they increased our upkeep to 150 Dollars that enabled us to cope with the situation. In our upcoming classes I am so excited because we shall go out for internship in terms of school practice which I consider as a first step for me to achieve my dreams of encouraging girls in schools and giving them hope for a better future. There are a lot of things that we have achieved through this sponsorship both physically, psychological, socially and emotionally that I can't put them all in writing. I would like to conclude with request that if possible you could sponsor us up to Masters so that many women also exist in that level of education would be of great appreciations”.
By supporting the GWI Teachers for Rural Futures Programme, you are facilitating safe access to quality education for many young women in rural Uganda who would otherwise not have the opportunity to gain a university degree. Contributions of any amount make meaningful impacts on the lives of our student teachers. We also appreciate you reaching out to your network and inviting them to donate as well. Your contributions matter, and we are sincerely grateful.
Donations to the Teachers for Rural Futures programme are appreciated HERE.
Dear Graduate Women International Donors:
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated female teacher challenges globally. For Graduate Women International (GWI), this was particularly evident in rural Uganda, where we operate the Teachers for Rural Futures programme. Given that many girls have fallen behind in education during the past few years, the GWI Teachers for Rural Futures programme is more critical than ever. Simply, yet by all means, not an exhaustive summary, the goal is to increase the opportunity for young women in rural Uganda to obtain their teaching degree, increase the number of female teachers in rural Uganda, and decrease school dropouts. GWI knows that girls with female teachers have mentors and positive role models and are more likely to stay in school.
GWI currently supports three young women who attend Makerere University in Kampala. Each recently successfully completed their exams. They are heading back to their home communities now, where they will participate in teaching practice for the summer. Their success is possible thanks to donations from our GlobalGiving supporters like you and the grant programme from the City of Geneva. GWI continues to work closely with our Uganda Association of University Women and our students to identify additional young women to join the programme.
By supporting the GWI Teachers for Rural Futures Programme, you are facilitating safe access to education for many young women in rural Uganda who would otherwise not have the opportunity to gain a university degree. Their success becomes the success of their entire rural community.
You can help the GWI Teachers for Rural Futures programme by generously donating:
Contributions of any amount make meaningful impacts on the lives of our student teachers. We also appreciate you reaching out to your network and inviting them to donate as well. Your contributions matter, and we are sincerely grateful.
Donations to the Teachers for Rural Futures programme are appreciated HERE.
With appreciation,
Dear Graduate Women International Donors:
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated female teacher challenges in rural Uganda where a significant number of girls remain out of school. There are critically low numbers of qualified female teachers in Uganda, currently about 30% in secondary schools, with even lower numbers in rural areas.
Despite continued pandemic challenges, Graduate Women International's (GWI) Teachers for Rural Futures programme is in the financial position, because of our generous donors like you, to offer the opportunity for three young women from ruralnorthern Uganda to obtain their teaching degree. Our programme aims, no matter the challenges, toincrease the number of female teachers in rural Uganda. These new teachers will be mentors and positive influencers to school-aged girls to remain in school. By supporting additional female teachers,your donation will be facilitating the safer access to a number of girls in rural Uganda who would otherwise be forced to stay out of school.
Many families in rural communities favour boys when investing in education.When girls have female teachers, they have a role model to look up to and their parents are more likely to feel comfortable sending their daughters to school. Women and girls with an education are less likely to marry young and more likely to lead healthy, productive lives. They earn a higher income, participate in decision-making, and build better futures for themselves and their families.
To date, the Teachers for Rural Futures programme has successfully sponsored five young women from rural district of Buyende Uganda to complete their studies in the field of education at Makerere University in Kampala. This has been possible thanks to the donations from our GlobalGiving supporters and the grants programme from the City of Geneva.
GWI continues to work tirelessly to make a positive impact on women’s and girls’ education. We need your help too. You can help the GWI Teachers for Rural Futures programme by generously donating:
Contributions of any amount make meaningfulimpacts on the lives of our student teachers at Makerere University in Kampala. We also appreciate you reaching out to your circle of friends and organisations and invite them to donate as well. Your contributions matter, and we are sincerely grateful.
Donations to the Teachers for Rural Futures programme can be made HERE.
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Dear Graduate Women International Donors:
COVID-19 has exacerbated the female teacher challenges in rural Uganda where a significant number of girls remain out of school. Many were forced to drop out and may not return partly due to the lack of female teachers. Graduate Women International's (GWI) Teachers for Rural Futures programme is increasing the opportunity for young women in rural Uganda to gain their teaching degree with the aim to increase the number of female teachers in rural Uganda. With additional female teachers GWI will also be increasing the safe access to and the number of girls who remain in school in rural communities in Uganda.
To date, the Teachers for Rural Futures project has successfully sponsored five young women from rural Beyunde Uganda to complete their studies in the field of education. Despite COVID-19 challenges, the programme has onboarded a new student in 2021 to undertake her studies in this field. We continue to work closely with our Uganda Association of University Women as well as our newly enrolled student, to identify additional young women to join the programme.
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, schools in Uganda, alongside the world’s education systems, suffered immeasurably with the greatest setbacks in women’s and girls’ education. School closures due to COVID-19 resulted in an increase in girls and young women’s sexual and physical abuse which has led to a 22.5 per cent increase in pregnancy among girls aged 10-24 in Uganda. In addition, approximately two out of every 10 Ugandan children had less than a meal a day as they no longer had access to the meals provided at school. Your donation towards helping to flatten this curve is critical.
The GWI Board, staff and member affiliates globally will continue to work together through the use our collective strength to make a positive impact on women’s and girls’ education. We need your help too. The generous donations to the GWI Teachers for Rural
Futures contribute to support such as:
Contributions of any amount have made meaningful, positive impacts on the lives of our teachers. Please reach out to anyone you know and invite them to donate as well. Your contributions matter, and we are sincerely grateful.
Donations to the Teachers for Rural Futures programme can be made HERE.
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