Your support allows us to provide everything our students needs to focus on their studies. It’s important to understand each of the young women we support has an individual set of needs and circumstances that come with individual costs.
When we are speaking with teachers, principals, community leaders and District Commissioners in East Africa their message is always the same – Keep young women in school until they can find meaningful work and be financially independent. Your support means that we can provide funding from elementary through post-secondary programs and help our students job hunt.
Our Students
Grade School
Aapproximate breakdown per term. There are three terms per year in East Africa:
School fees 416,000 UGS/ $149CAD
School uniform 65,000 UGS/ $23CAD
Medical fees 20,000UGS/ $7CAD
Pocket money 10,000 UGS / $4CAD
Hair Shaving 5,000 UGS/$2CAD
Books 6,000 UGS/ $2CAD
TOTAL 522,000 UGS/ $187CAD
We provide an average of $550CAD to each young woman in grade school per year.
Post-Secondary Studies
Post-secondary costs are program-dependent. As an example - Here is a cost breakdown of the first term of nursing school:
School fees 1,995,300UGS/ $715CAD
School Sweater 35,000UGS/$13CAD
Text Books 80,000UGS/$29CAD
Program-specific costs (Clinical thermometer, nurses watch, BP machine, dictionary for nurses, theater gumboots in white) 400,000UGS/$143CAD
TOTAL $900 CAD
You will see that many of these items are one-time purchases that will last through their schooling. The average cost of post-secondary education in East Africa is $500/term all expenses included for a total of $1,500/year.
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