Kisoro Kids Auction

Kisoro Kids seeks to improve learning environments by supplying materials and covering trained labor costs for building and improving classrooms, toilets and school kitchens.

We fund teacher training courses and provide curriculum books for teachers so they do not have to take book copying fees out of their modest salaries. Kisoro Kids projects are implemented by the local Kisoro community.

We also support teachers and students' families through sustainable means. We have opportunities for donors to purchase livestock for students' families, which helps cover nutritional needs, medical care and school fees. We are also providing farmland for the schools so they can start a sustainable business to supplement teacher incomes.

As shown in cultures worldwide, quality education is effective at breaking the cycle of poverty. In Uganda, children who pass the 7th grade national exams can earn higher pay as skilled professionals once they are adults. More importantly, they can continue on to high school and beyond, or attend technical school. But without passing the 7th grade exam, most are relegated to manual labor as long as they are physically able.

The government schools in the Kisoro district are greatly overcrowded, resulting in low academic performance, while most parents cannot afford the high tuition at private schools. So many concerned parents turn to community schools, where tuition rates are low enough to still be accessible, but high enough to keep a healthy student-teacher ratio.
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Kisoro Kids is partnered with the five Kisoro Baptist Association (KBA) community schools. All of these schools are elementary schools, and most end at the pivotal 7th grade. We chose to partner with these schools because they already had strong, reputable leadership in place, and because the community is actively involved. Importantly, these schools also teach the good news of Jesus Christ. Children also learn important spiritual lessons, including personal dignity, respecting parents and how to properly treat others, especially girls and women.