We are excited to share with you our progress with one of our biggest goals: building a school at HOOL. The school building is now complete, and we have only to finish the construction of a small office and purchase the furnishings and supplies to begin classroom instruction!
As you know, sponsorship fees allow the sponsored children at HOOL the opportunity to go to school. Currently, out sponsored children must walk long (and sometimes dangerous) distances to reach their school. Having a school within Hope for Orphans Organization will provide a safe learning environment for not only our sponsored children, but the unsponsored orphans and other children local to the area. What a wonderful service to provide for our community!
This will be a huge step towards our goal of providing health, education, and food to our children. We plan to start by opening our school to the younger grades and expand to older grades in time. Those waiting for the remaining funding to be raised and for the school to open in order to go to school include baby Gift, Peace, Winnie, Whitney, Annisha, Naigaga Sarah, Munirwa Sulia and others in the community. Mpala, Nakato, Babirye, Francis, Sharaha, and Janet will all attend our new school when it opens too.
It will take another $3,000 to complete the school office building, purchase furnishings and school supplies. This will also cover the cost of connecting water from our well to the school and adding a swing set for the children.
Once these final projects are finished and a school is opened, we will hire a teacher using part of the sponsored children’s sponsorship funds. There are many professional and skilled teachers in Uganda without work. It will be a blessing to have a local school and another career opportunity added to our community.
We must ask for your help in making this goal of safe access to education for all (sponsored or unsponsored) children at HOOL a reality. With $3,000 yet to raise in funding it is especially helpful if our HOOL family shares our blog post and GoFundMe page with their friends and family.
Please pray for the completion of our school and the future of our children. We trust that God will move to love, support, and cherish these children through their education at HOOL.
You can donate towards the completion of our school directly on our website by marking the funds for Education or by giving through our GoFundMe page at: https://gofund.me/abf3533a
God bless all those who love His children!
