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BT Uganda

MISSION

Building Tomorrow (BT) is an international non-profit organization encouraging philanthropy among young people by raising awareness and funds to build and support educational infrastructure projects for vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa. BT provides opportunities for primary education in accordance with the UN Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015 and the Ugandan government’s Universal Primary Education Initiative.

ACTIVITIES

Building Tomorrow currently operates in the Wakiso and Kiboga Districts, home to over 500,000 children under the age of 15 who have no access to education. Building Tomorrow works with the local government and Ministry of Education to acquire land and build primary schools in areas of need.

Each Building Tomorrow Academy contains seven classrooms, a headmaster’s office, a library and latrines. A network of Building Tomorrow chapters in the United States raise 75 percent of the funding for the schools, with the other 25 percent coming from the community in the form of contributed labor. Once opened, the Ministry of Education funds teacher salaries and the operating costs of the Academy.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY/OPERATION

1. Building Tomorrow Academy of Kiyamba—will open in 2009
   

2. Building Tomorrow Academy of Buwasa—nearing completion, will be able to serve up to 325 students
   

3. Building Tomorrow Academy of Bembe—school completed, serving 219 students in P1 - P5
   

4. Building Tomorrow Academy of Gita—will open in 2009
   

5. Meeting Point Learning Centre in Namuwongo—school completed, serving 350 students in P1 - P7

SUPPORT

BT is working with a growing number of local businesses and organizations to provide primary education to hundreds of vulnerable children.

Furthermore, Archbishop Desmond Tutu serves as the honorary chair of Building Tomorrow.

“I am thrilled that students are responding to the call of Building Tomorrow and want to get involved and help their fellow students in sub-Saharan Africa,” Tutu said about BT. “This is a global community village we want to encourage.”

CONTACT

For more information, please contact Country Director Joseph Kaliisa at joseph@buildingtomorrow.org or call us at +256-772-412848.