EdFund Uganda Foundation was formed to: promote educational and vocational opportunities; renovate and construct school facilities to be sanitary and suitable for safe learning; provide professional development for teachers and administrators; increase environmental awareness; and promote gender equality - in Kamuli, Uganda, a district of 250,000 people located 90 miles northeast of Kampala, the
national capital of Uganda. The future of Uganda is inextricably linked to improving family health, sanitation and education in rural areas. The Soga people of Kamuli are intelligent, ambitious and possess an ingenious ability to survive with minimal resources. They are determined to fulfill the promise that education is the best long-term strategy to combat poverty and disease and to secure the future of their country. As a group of men and women rising at dawn and walking home at dusk in the daily struggle to feed and educate their children, they still find time to sing, play and cherish the few opportunities they have. Uganda lacks the capacity to fund school construction, educational resources and teacher development to fulfill its citizens thirst for knowledge and education. EdFund Uganda Foundation has teamed with the local Kamuli NGO, Kapida Area Peoples Integral Development Association (KAPIDA), to assure that all donations will be directly invested into the local community.
