Project Background
Build Africa is an international NGO with over 30 years of experience working in rural areas of Uganda, focusing specifically on two programme areas; Education & Livelihoods. Build Africa Uganda is supporting projects in Kumi, Bukedea, Ngora, in the East and Masindi, Kiryandongo and Buliisa in the West. BAU’s work in schools looks at a whole school approach and Build Africa Uganda is currently coming towards the end of a DFID-funded project focusing on improving access to and qualityof primary school education in Eastern and Western Uganda.
At the development stage of the project, Build Africa found the following barriers to children achieving a good quality primary education: 1) a lack of community involvement, 2) weak school management and governance, and 3) gender specific barriers. The project was designed to address these barriers in order to increase the proportion of children that are staying in school and are achieving a pass in their PLE exams that will prepare them for secondary school.
The aim of the READ project is to increase retention and completion rates at 40 rural Ugandan schools, contributing towards MDG Two. READ aims to empower communities to take responsibility for school development and hold duty bearers accountable by increasing parental participation, strengthening school management and governance, and addressing gender specific barriers, directly benefiting 23,662 school community members through participatory school planning and capacity building.
DURATION: THE PROJECT TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER 2014