Help us Raise $20,000 for 2025

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Help us Raise $20,000 for 2025 ✩

Students from the Ruhija Community Orphans and Needy Nursery and Primary School that have been able to continue their education because of sponsorship.

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Together we can change a teen’s life and help break the cycle of poverty.

We are working hard to change both the mindset and accessibility of secondary school for teens in Ruhija, Uganda.

We are actively seeking sponsors who can support teens in Uganda by providing funds for secondary school and then college as they follow their individual dreams.

Without financial support, these children in Uganda have little chance of escaping the poverty they are born into. Currently, their parents do not recognize the value of education, nor can they afford it. In Uganda, secondary education (equivalent to high school in the USA) is primarily for boys as parents place more value on them. Many times girls are married off to an older man to produce children.

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A full year (3 terms) for students in years 1-4 is $300 ($100/term) A full year (3 terms) for students in years 5-6 is $435 ($145/term) A full year (2 terms) for students in Technical programs or University is $400 ($200/term) If you want to commit to sponsor a specific student for all of their schooling, please notate so that we can get you further information. If you are donating a custom, one time amount, the funds go to students without direct sponsorship. Thank you for your support!

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If you would prefer to send a check, please contact us at giving@burchtreefoundation.com

The Cost of Sponsoring a Teen

Sponsoring a teen in Ruhija costs as little as $300 per year of secondary school (or $100 per term three times a year).

  • A full year (3 terms) for students in years 1-4 is $300 ($100/term)

  • A full year (3 terms) for students in years 5-6 is $435 ($145/term)

  • A full year (2 terms) for students in Technical programs or University is $400 ($200/term)

    • If you want to commit to sponsor a specific student for all of their schooling, please notate so that we can get you further information.

If you are donating a custom, one time amount, the funds go to students without direct sponsorship.

100% of your donation will be used to send a child to school and will cover their expenses for boarding, food, uniforms, textbooks, and stationery supplies.

Most sponsors continue their donations each year to watch their student ultimately graduate!

One-time & Recurring Donations

Custom donations are welcome as well for any dollar amount. You can choose to donate one-time or update the recurrence to monthly, quarterly or annually. We use additional funds to help sponsor students that are not directly sponsored.

Additional Funds

Since 2018 we have funded community gardens to expand students’ diets, given potatoes that they now grow and harvest to sell, provided chickens for them to raise for food and reproduction. With any funds not for sponsorship, we can continue with these additional projects to help the students.