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Global Village Connect connects classrooms and communities by developing practical solutions that improve health, education and economic opportunity.

Education is at the heart of all that we do. Providing access to education, supporting students while in school and providing families with entrepreneurial and vocational training is how we do it. Our projects include school farm lunch programs, scholarships, clean water, pads for girls, vocational training and business training.

10/28/2026

Pads distribution in Buyanga Primary School 🇺🇬

10/27/2026

Thank you for feeding Buseta. 🌽

A long dry spell hit Buseta hard this year. Crops failed, food prices climbed, and good beans became hard to find. Families were struggling to put meals on the table.

This month, our team brought food relief to 22 families, 120 people in total. Every household went home with maize and beans. The photos say the rest.

Here's the part that stays with us. Many of these families graduated from our business training and had thriving small businesses. When the rain stopped, some had no choice but to spend their business savings on food for their children.

https://globalvillageconnect.org/field-notes/buseta-food-relief-drought-assessment/

10/26/2026

We planned for 279 girls. 505 showed up, 81% more than planned.

Word had spread. Girls who had transferred to other schools came back for the day, and younger girls in P3 and P4 who had already started their periods came too. Our team adjusted on the spot, and every girl went home with a kit.

Every kit included new underwear, because some girls had none, and pads cannot be used without it. Parents and elders called it a complete package, and our field team said the panties were the highlight of the day.

Before any kits were handed out, all 505 girls took part in a counseling session with Honest: puberty, hygiene, tracking their cycle, what to do if a period starts at school, and how to recognize men who offer pads or money in exchange for favors. Books Before Boys.

The 170 girls in P6 and P7 now have reusable pads that last a full year, right before their national exams.

About $25 keeps one girl in class for a whole year. Help us bring distribution day to the next school.

Give: secure.givelively.org/donate/global-village-connect
Giving from a donor-advised fund? Use DAFpay on our donate page. Or text GVC to 44-321.

10/20/2026

Njaba Henry’s family in Eastern Uganda received a breeding goat through our Give a Goat program. The plan was simple: she would have kids, and the family would sell one each term to pay for Henry’s school fees.

Last month she fell suddenly and seriously ill, with severe swelling around her neck and stomach. She died within days, before she produced any offspring. There is no animal clinic nearby.

Henry took the loss hard. In a single week the family lost their only goat and the cushion they were relying on for upcoming term fees.

$155 gives Henry a new fertile goat, plus veterinary training for the family, so his school fund can start again.

Give here: secure.givelively.org/donate/global-village-connect

10/16/2026

Meet Mutesi Shivan. She just finished Senior One at a secondary school in Eastern Uganda, and she brought home 4 As. 📚

Her top marks this term came in ICT, History, LPS and Entrepreneurship.

Read Shivan’s full story: globalvillageconnect.org/impact-stories/meet-mutesi-shivan

10/14/2026

Amina had three children, no income, and no money to start a business. She had a mother who believed in her. 🍌

Amina Nakumicha is 23 and lives in Bududa. Before our training, meeting daily needs was a struggle, and school requirements for her eldest felt out of reach. A friend told her about the training at their weekly savings meeting.

Once she had an income, her children’s father came back asking to reconcile. She told him she isn’t ready. Her focus is her business and her children. Next up: buying more matooke and adding vegetables.

Give: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/global-village-connect

Giving from a donor-advised fund? You can now give in a few clicks with DAFpay on our donate page.

Read Amina’s full story: globalvillageconnect.org/impact-stories/amina-nakumicha-matooke

10/12/2026

Impending fatherhood brought sleepless nights for 25-year-old Fred Wanzala in Bududa, Eastern Uganda.

Without steady employment, he relied on erratic casual labor to scrape together food. Supporting his pregnant partner and an unborn child felt daunting without regular income.

Then a community mobilizer invited Fred to Global Village Connect's business training.

The core lesson struck a cord: ambitious builders do not need huge fortune to launch. Small sums, managed with strict discipline, build viable trades.

Fred recalled the praises guests gave his cooking at home. He pooled UGX 100,000 (about $27 USD) to buy flour, oil, and salt. Setting up his frying station at a bustling trading center, he rolled warm, delicious chapattis.

Day one brought 30 sales and UGX 15,000 (about $4.00 USD) in profit.

Today, Fred clears an average profit of UGX 20,000 (about $5.40 USD) per day, split with clear purpose: • 50% (UGX 10,000 / $2.70 USD) repurchases ingredients to sustain production.
• 25% (UGX 5,000 / $1.35 USD) accumulates toward a larger commercial frying pan.
• 25% (UGX 5,000 / $1.35 USD) provides nutrition and maternity preparation for his home.

His upcoming baby will enter a home anchored by predictable income. His next ambition: funding an independent enterprise for his wife.

A gift of $300 USD equips a young parent with practical enterprise training, financial literacy, and mentorship to achieve lifelong self-reliance.

Tap the link in our bio to read Fred's full story and donate today.

10/08/2026

Today is DAF Day. 🎓

If you give through a donor-advised fund at Fidelity, Schwab, Vanguard or another sponsor, you can recommend a grant to Global Village Connect.

New: you can now give straight from your DAF on our donate page with DAFpay. Log in to your fund, pick an amount, done. No forms, no mailing checks.

Give here: https://www.globalvillageconnect.org/donate/

10/06/2026

They lost the goat. They saved her kid. 🐐

Bernard’s family in Eastern Uganda received a breeding goat through our Give a Goat program. Not long after, an unknown illness struck her, and she died within days. In a village with no animal clinic, losing a breeding doe can undo a family’s whole plan.

Read the full story here: https://www.globalvillageconnect.org/impact-stories/kato-bernard-goat/

09/30/2026

For months, Rachael’s headteacher reached out to us, sharing the weight of a family’s struggle. After losing her father, Rachael one of several children refused to let her dwarfism define her limits. She saw school not just as a classroom, but as the only path to a future she could build with her own hands.

It breaks our hearts to stay silent when we simply don't have the resources to answer every plea from children in such scarce situations. We cannot do this alone.

What can we do other than ask for your hands to help us hold theirs?

💙 Help a child go to school: globalvillageconnect.org

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+16124424473

Website

http://globalvillageconnect.org/

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