INTERCONNECTEDNESS. EDUCATION. PROGRESS.
Crossing Cultures with avenues of understanding
Our focus is children. Unlocking opportunities for them is our goal.
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We partner with rural primary schools to provide a daily meal that encourages schoolchildren to stay in school and gain literacy. We hire parent cooks onsite.
IMPACT: Serving 800 meals a day to reverse school-drops and increase enrollment.
Women In Support of Education (WISE) is composed of mothers in our partner primary schools who receive small loans to build a business.
IMPACT: 2000 households lifted with the biggest benefit going to their children’s health and education costs.
Intensive tutoring K-8 for children who are more than one grade level behind in response to Covid-19 disruptions with school lock-downs.
IMPACT: One-on-one tutoring is catching children up and filling learning gaps. Devices are provided for remote tutoring for our “climbers” www.concretesteps.org.
The U.S.-Africa Schools partnering initiative promotes handwriting and international awareness through authentic letter exchanges via snail-mail.
IMPACT: 4000 letters exchanged between U.S. and Ugandan school-children.
The Sepi Mukombe-Mpambara Public Library started in 2019 is the only public library in Western Uganda located in Kabale. It promotes literacy both digital and print.
IMPACT: Book clubs, and free computer classes for educators supplement book borrowing.
Establishing school gardens and planting trees within the school compound.
IMPACT: Practical lessons transfer to the home for the agrarian community that still lives off the land. Creating awareness for better environmental stewardship.
