2. EDUCATION
FOR NEEDY CHILDREN
Education Support Programmes
Rookmaaker School
In 1982, Africa Foundation started its own Rookmaaker
School at Mukono Ddadira; the school has classes from
Kindergarten to Secondary with over 702 children. 422
are former Street children abandoned babies and orphaned
children. The rest are from the community supported under
the programme of cost sharing, pay as you earn arrangement.
There are 15 teachers for primary and 13 for senior secondary.
Africa Foundation‘s community School
Support programme
Our Community School Support Programme has its own infrastructure
structure, consisting of the construction of classrooms,
which contain a self-contained complex under the burner
of Rookmaaker School. Rookmaker School consists of preschool,
nursery, primary and secondary and administration rooms.
A direct result of developing a school’s infrastructure
is that our school is eligible for qualified teachers.
Equally important is the strengthening of school governance
and parent-teacher interaction. Africa Foundation
facilitates the development of school committees and a
governing body.
Cost sharing programme
Africa Foundations’ School Support Programme helps
the very poor families not to see an investment in education
as an expensive and often unrewarding gamble. Our cost-sharing
programme helps the local community to keep faith in the
value of schooling. Together, in partnership with our
local communities, we develop practical, flexible and
innovative solutions, to ensure that our school is a place
where opportunities, prospects and the right to education
are respected. At our Rookmaaker School we provide positive
experiences giving our children the tools they need to
make the most of their future education. Our children's
needs and their experience are very important to us; our
children are not treated as recipients of education with
no involvement. They are consulted and listened to, under
our entire education support programme
School Holidays
During the school holidays, Africa Foundation Children’s
Centre children are attached to various departments of
their own choice for vocational training. The
Transit Centre with a capacity of
150 children cares for the resettlement of street children.
Africa Foundation welcomes all kinds of support to the
needy children in our care.
Uganda Tourism Board has various Holiday Camp provisions
with well-supervised fun activities for children. We are
hoping to take more of our children to some of the many
Camping sites in Uganda in half term school breaks –
we just need to cover their fares and the Camp will provide
the rest.
Education and Awareness Campaign
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