What do we do?

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the kamurasi school

Our aim is to improve the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people with disabilities in the Masindi District of Uganda with a particular focus on the Kamurasi Demonstration School.

  • The Kamurasi Demonstration School plays a very important role in offering inclusive education to disabled children in the town of Masindi.

  • Around 2.5% of children in Uganda are estimated to have a disability.

  • Only 2% of children with disabilities access education through inclusive schools and 10% through special schools.

The School

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Lilian is the kamurasi school headteacher

Children of Masindi work in partnership with the whole school community, including the local Education Department to ensure that issues are highlighted and projects are planned and prioritised.

  • The Kamurasi Demonstration School has approximately 1000 children.

  • Currently the school has 60 disabled children who board at the Kamurasi School, only going home in the school holidays.

  • There is a total of 171 children have some form of disability enrolled at school.

Vocational Training

Pupils wearing their school uniform made at the vocational unit

Since 2015 the charity has successfully established vocational training for the disabled children at the Kamurasi Demonstration School in Masinidi. The young people now have the opportunity to learn to sew and knit using machines to make school uniforms for sale through the school office.

  • The profits from the sale of the uniforms made at the vocational unit provide salaries for four members of the school staff

  • Past trainees are now trainers themselves enabling the unit to become more sustainable and independent.


Making a difference to children and young people's lives in Uganda.

Proud to Inform

We are a small charity with no overheads or administration costs. Monies raised or donated is used directly on projects to promote the education, health and well being of the disabled children we are working with.

 

Trustees: 

Karen Edwards

Ronald Bevan

Eleanor Wright

Jessica Jones