Christmas is a very special time in Uganda, and each year our students look forward to singing and dancing their hearts out at School for Life’s annual Christmas Party, where we celebrate the year of learning that has been. Read more to hear about the fun our students had at their Christmas celebrations.

Some money-savvy members of our wonderful School for Life staff in Uganda have recently created a self help group to help save money and access loans which provide them with security and flexibility in their finances. Click here to find out more about this incredible new initiative.

School for Life has an exciting new addition to our team - click here to meet our new Director of Education, Julius Barungi!

Have you met Brenda, our new Monitoring and Evaluation Manager here at School for Life? Click here to find out more Brenda and her new role in our schools over in Uganda!

Financial advisory business Fox & Hare is proud to support School for Life Foundation. Click here to learn about the businesses’ amazing founders, Jess Brady and Glen Hare, and how they came to select School for Life as one of the three organisations they so generously support.

Are you one of our fabulous child sponsors? Here’s a helpful guide to writing to your sponsor child, so you can keep in touch and hear about all the wonderful things they’re doing over at our School for Life campuses.

Give52 co-founders Anton and Jenny Gaudry have embarked on an incredible giving journey around Australia - and School for Life has been lucky enough to experience their generosity firsthand. Read on to find out more about how Give52 is supporting School for Life in our mission to educate poverty out of existence.

We’re building a boarding school for 300 of the wonderful young women we educate at School for Life, to provide them with a safe and supportive environment in which they can excel in their education and reach their full potential. Read on to hear about how we’re working to bring this wonderful new facility to life…

With most of this school year already a write-off, it is important now more than ever that we deliver the continuity of education and health and welfare programs, to ensure the School for Life communities are well equipped in the fight against COVID-19.

Earlier this year, our brilliant supporters Best Body Physio & Pilates took the incredibly generous step to sponsor 20 School for Life students. We spoke to Best Body’s founder, Scott Wescombe, about his business and how Best Body is working to create real generational change for women and girls, both in Australia and around the world. Read on to find out what he had to say…

School for Life counsellor Lyn is rolling out a new at-home counselling service for our students while they remain in lockdown in Uganda due to the global spread of coronavirus. Read on to find out more about how Lyn is supporting School for Life students in this difficult time.

Our world is currently facing hardship and suffering on a scale we have never seen before. We’d like to update you on how our communities in Uganda are faring in this difficult time, where the hardships they already struggle with have only worsened.

A wonderful team of our generous supporters Liverpool Partners recently travelled all the way to our schools in rural Uganda to finally meet the class of 40 students they have been sponsoring since 2017. Read on to find out more about their moving journey.

Our wonderful supporter Claudia recently came along on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure with us, hiking Mt Kilimanjaro and visiting our school campuses in Uganda. Take a look at what she has to say about the time she spent with us on this journey.

On November 13 and 14, 2019, multi-award winning Australian Country Music star Kasey Chambers came to Uganda and stopped by School for Life’s campuses. There were many wonderful moments shared across the two days with Kasey, our students, teachers and staff and it will be a visit long-remembered. Read on for the highlights of this very special trip.

Sussex Royal (@sussexroyal) the official Instagram account of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex started following us on Instagram. After asking followers to share their favourite organisation, we became one of nine they chose to follow for the month of October.

There were moments I questioned my life decisions and would have been totally ok to stop. It was in those moments I reminded myself why I was here. The money raised would go towards education and improving the quality of life of so many kids. It was bigger than me, and it was time to dig deep. My mantra for the climb was ‘One foot in front of the other, one breath and then the next’.

On Sunday, April 7th, 2019, 113 School for Life supporters descended upon Thredbo Village to join in the inaugural Kosi Climb for Kids - our first ever family-friendly, all ages event held on Aussie soil - where participants young and old walked the 13km round-trip to experience a day in the shoes of rural Ugandan students.

“He was there to teach the teachers but, unsurprisingly, Eddie Woo was a hit with the students as well.”