Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We will educate over 600 vulnerable orphans, especially girls, who cannot afford an education at the primary and secondary level so as to reduce systemic poverty in their families by creating community-focused businesses, jobs, and social institutions.

Project Message

"I grew up in rural Uganda where my parents sold goats, cows, & land to educate me. Despite not having parents to make such sacrifices, the students at Nyaka still have a chance for a bright future."
- Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, Director and Founder of the Nyaka School

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Kelly Voss,

P.O. Box 339
East Lansing, MI 48826
United States
517 402 2787
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organisation

The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project P O Box 339 East Lansing, MI 48826 United States 517 402 2787 http://www.nyakaschool.org/

Learn more about The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project and the project team.

The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Educate Girls Orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Rural Uganda

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Uganda and can also be found under Children.

For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 24, 2012.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 15, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Nyaka Graduate Rockstars

By Tashmica Torok - Executive Assistant, January 24, 2012 05:23 PM

Students peeking out at their future.

 

 

The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project is very proud to announce our fourth class of graduates from primary school!  

 

Considering only 16% of youth in Uganda attend secondary school according to the United Nations, this accomplishment bears even greater weight... 

 

Factor in that 96% of our students are double orphans who have lost both their mother and father... 

 

None have electricity, running water, indoor kitchens, or flush toilets when they go to their humble homes... 

 

For many of our students the two meals they receive at Nyaka are the only ones they enjoy during a day...

 

And they walk upwards of 2 hours each direction to attend school... 

 

And that is not the only good news!

 

We have received national exam results for all 29 students for 2011 with 12 students in first grade (the very best level), 16 in second grade, zero in third and fourth grade, and 1 who did not pass.

Our conclusion is that 100% of our students are ROCKSTARS!!!  They exemplify qualities of success at the tender age of a middle schooler that many of us hope to achieve *sometime* in our life.

We congratulate all our rock stars: Class P7 2011. Preparations are underway to enroll the students into secondary school and search for a vocation for the one student who did not pass to go to Secondary School.

Thank you to all of you who continue to invest in our students' success. 

 

With your help, the best is yet to come!

 

P.S. - Want to see more photos?  Please click here.

 

Innocent Celebrating his Achievement

Nyaka Graduates

Links:

• The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project Website
• Picasa Web Album

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