Here in America, May and June signifies graduation celebrations. We throw parties to honor our children, and they are showered in monetary gifts. The milestone is marked and time to move onto the next adventure.
Well in Uganda, there are smart and dedicated students who dream of attending school. Often these dreams are cut short because they lack the means to pay for tuition, and university enrollment rates remain low. Graduation celebrations are not so common.
Education is transformational. Education directly determines one’s access to employment and quality healthcare in Uganda. Often youth must make a choice: learn or lose. The girls who agree to life at St. Elizabeth Girls’ Academy want to change their lives and believe in the old African proverb, “If you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”
Education changes lives and opens doors. I ask you to open your hearts and support our education efforts with a graduation gift. Give our girls a hand up so they have the means to move onto the next phase of their journey. Together we can help break the cycle of poverty and empower our girls so they too can celebrate the momentous occasion, graduation.
Peace and Love,
Cristen
