This project aims to improve access to quality and relevant education for special needs children who are most vulnerable, ultimately with the goal of better quality and sustainable future livelihoods.
Sustain for Life’s scholarship fund seeks to broaden access to education and training for the most vulnerable and marginalised children and young people. Kisoro Demo School has about 80 children with different disabilities including sight and hearing impairment, and physical and cognitive disabilities. The vast majority of these special needs children come from families experiencing extreme poverty.
Location: Kisoro, southwest Uganda
Local Partners: Kisoro Demonstration School
Beneficiaries: Visually and hearing impaired children and children who excel in educational performance who lack the means to attend secondary school