The Plan

We are supporting the restoration process in Northern Uganda by starting a primary school that will equip children with the necessary tools to break the cycle of poverty. The school project is our first undertaking, and we are extremely excited about it.

Education transforms lives

For most of Africa's children, education represents the only way out of a life of poverty. Across the continent, millions of families currently subsist on less than $1.00 a day. Only children who can read, write and do arithmetic can hope to get better paying jobs when they grow up.

But education is about much more than just providing job skills. It's playing an increasingly vital role in helping children protect themselves against the diseases that can ravage poor communities. Simple information on day-to-day hygiene and disease prevention saves lives and keeps families together.

Mercy’s Village is collaborating with local government officials and communities to create a school that offers a safe place where children can learn, play and have access to clean water, balanced daily meals, and sanitation facilities.

We are focusing on helping the most disadvantaged – orphans, children living in extreme poverty, and young girls. Statistics show that most girls in the area do not have the same chance of graduating when compared to the boys in their area. We intend to break that cycle by building a mixed boarding school. Mixed boarding school is where the boys and girls all attend the same school during the day – but at night the boys go home and the girls stay in their dorm rooms. By keeping the girls at school year-round we are ensuring that they have a safe and quiet place where they can learn, study and do homework.

Sustainability and growth potential are key elements of the Mercy’s Village school campaign. We will work to set up the foundation for the school, and with time local people will eventually take over responsibility for maintaining and running it. You can help us empower Africa's children to take control of their future.

To achieve our goals, we need to raise $250,000. The money will be used for the construction of 9 classrooms, teacher’s quarters, community building, dormitories, restrooms and a kitchen. We've already acquired land for our school and started the building process, but we still need funding for the many phases of development to come. We've chosen to tackle this project by breaking it into 3 phases. Phase 1 was to acquire land for our school, and now we are in Phase 2 - which is all about fundraising for the buildings.