Education Sponsorship

According to the UNICEF (2020), Uganda has over two million orphans. One out of seven children in Uganda is an orphan making them 15% of the 60% total youths in the country. Children become orphaned due to a number of reasons including HIV, accidents, wars and ethnic uprisings among others which take their parents’ lives leaving their traumatized and impoverished children behind. Being orphaned without supportive relatives and friends leaves children in an unsure life; there is no food to eat, no shelter, no education, drained with child labour, child abuse and health issues are also left hanging among other unfulfilled needs.

It is evident that access to education in many parts of the Uganda is a privilege to some people who can afford to. Those who can access education in marginalized communities go to poor schools which according to their capacities cannot afford to avail all quality services needed by the bigger numbers of students. Many children on the other hand are forced to stay at home or even being regularly sent back home for school fees since their guardians or parents cannot afford to pay. Such children come from needy families where it is even hard for them to have enough food, bedding or even clean water for home consumption. Poverty, orphan hood, unemployment among other inconsistencies makes parents unable to cater for their families’ needs.

As TICO, we improve lives of orphans and other needy children through sponsoring them from primary level to at least their first degree through attaining good quality education thus reducing the burden of school fees payment from vulnerable guardians or parents.

Orphans and vulnerable children benefit from this program in mostly three ways- provision of school fees, scholastic materials, school visits and assessments. Family visits and issuing of food packages, clothes, and bedding can be done in case of availability of resources.

Sponsor an orphan at UGX 138,584.29 (USD 40) every month. It caters for school fees, scholastic materialsand a family food package every holiday. Your support will see a vulnerable child’s future prepare for because he or she will have knowledge and skills to survive in this competitive world.