Last but certainly not least, we bring to you the final student in our “10 People You Need to Know” series. We hope you’ve enjoyed [...]
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August 10, 2012
Meet Medie
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With the Olympics in full spring, it only seems appropriate to introduce Medie. When it comes to this sporting event, everyone tunes in. It’s not [...]
August 1, 2012
Meet Justine
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“I want to be a nurse,” said Justine.
Think of the nurses you know, friends, family members, or the lady who recently gave you a shot. [...]
July 19, 2012
Meet Ritah
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Sometimes when the word education is used, things like books, homework, lessons and exams are what come to mind. It’s so much more than that. [...]
July 13, 2012
Meet Paul
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GOALLLLL!!
Ahh that magical moment when the soccer team you’re cheering for finally scores. Joy, overwhelming joy is what this moment is. Most of the time [...]
June 28, 2012
Meet Ronald
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As the summer has officially begun, many people use this season to take a little time to travel. College students are in London studying and [...]
June 25, 2012
A Student’s Dream: Class Inside
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In the U.S. when our teachers decide to take class outside for the day, smiles and excited faces are the usual response. For Aisha it’s [...]
June 20, 2012
Meet Elizebeth, aka ‘Betty’
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Being a college student about to embark on my Senior year, I get asked this question all the time, ‘What are you going to do?’ [...]
June 18, 2012
Meet Mama Victor
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While the community donates the land and 20,000 hours of labor to the construction project of any of our BT academies, we’ve continued to see [...]
June 13, 2012
10 People You Need To Know
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Many of you may be wondering who these children are that attend the Building Tomorrow Academies. Well you’re gonna find out! Our employee Maggie sat [...]
February 17, 2012
Patrick
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Got an email this week that made our day. Seriously. Here’s the gist:
It was from Empower African Children, an organization providing scholarships to Uganda’s top [...]
December 16, 2011
Education is…
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Words of advice from Sarah Namirembe, Head Teacher of the Building Tomorrow Academy of Kiyamba:
“Education is important and when you train a woman, you train [...]
December 9, 2011
Hip-Hop & Engineers
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They say smiles are contagious but the students I met at Lutisi brought that statement to a new level. I couldn’t help but smile, no [...]
November 24, 2011
We’re thankful for…
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…energetic students, teachers, supporters and partners in the US; community volunteers, government leaders, teachers and dedicated staff in Uganda; donors around the world; … the [...]
October 19, 2011
Jonah & Sande
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Meet Jonah (13) & Sande (14 – pronounced like “Sunday”); two students at the Building Tomorrow Academy of Buwasa, supported by Global Playground.
Sande is [...]
October 14, 2011
You’ve met George…now meet his sister.
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A while back we introduced you to George, a then 16 year-old who had made quite a name for himself in the village of Kiyamba, [...]
October 11, 2011
Meet Agnes
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Last week I found myself sitting amongst a group of kids doing my best to communicate in Luganda, which I’ll admit wasn’t very good, when [...]
July 18, 2011
Meet George and Edith
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In Uganda, one child’s education is a community affair. Today we’d like to introduce two incredible and inspiring teens who have committed themselves to providing [...]
July 11, 2011
Meet Esther and Gertrude at Gita
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared many stories about our BT supporters in the United States. Everyone from elementary school sit-for-good participants to college [...]
November 29, 2010
Meet Sarah
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name Sarah Wanyana
age 7 years old (musanvu)
home Kyeitabya, Uganda (Kiboga District)
class P2
Sarah lives with her mother and two of her six older siblings. Unfortunately, Sarah’s [...]
October 25, 2010
Meet Kayima
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name Joseph Kayima (Kayima)
age 5 years old (tanno)
home Kyeitabya, Uganda (Kiboga District)
class starting P1 next year
Kayima is your typical 5-year old…all hugs one moment and [...]
September 13, 2010
Meet Paolo
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name. Paolo Ssekate
age. 8 years old (munana)
home. Kyeitabya, Uganda (Kiboga District)
class. P1
Paolo is all personality. It doesn’t hurt that he’s positively adorable, too but that’s [...]
August 24, 2010
Meet Shaloni
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Shaloni Nakayemba, age 9, lives in Kyeitabya with her mother and two of her six older siblings: Nasuna and Godfrey. To make a living, Shaloni’s [...]
