Our field of work
Education
Education gives children a grip on their own future. That is why it is one of the six themes of Stichting Hart voor Afrika. This theme covers school supplies and better places to learn, so that children can focus on what counts: learning. So far we have helped with school supplies. Would you like to support children more broadly than through education alone? Then read more about helping children in Africa.
Our approach
How do we approach this theme?
Local need first
We only start what is really needed on site, on the advice of our regular local partner in Kampala.
Practical and tangible
School supplies and improvements to places of learning: aid you can see and check.
Open accountability
Every item of spending appears in our public annual reports and annual accounts.
From the annual reports
What has already been done?
On 21 and 22 August 2024 we held a children's festival in Jinja, with about fifty children each day. Half of them had a disability, the other half did not, and they played together. Every child went home with their own set of school materials: exercise books, pens, rulers and maths sets.
A set like this is more than a present: in the region, a child without school supplies is often not admitted to school. About one hundred sets went home this way. They were part of project Jinja, which we carried out in 2024 together with a local organisation in Jinja.
At a glance
The school sets in figures
The facts about the 2024 school sets, from our 2024 annual report and the project records.
| When | 21 and 22 August 2024, at the children's festival |
|---|---|
| Where | Jinja, Uganda |
| Children | About one hundred, about fifty per day; half of them with a disability |
| In the sets | Exercise books, pens, rulers and maths sets |
| Bought | Locally, on 20 August 2024 |
| Cost | UGX 1,400,000, about € 340 at the August 2024 exchange rate |
| Part of | Project Jinja, a one-off collaboration with a local organisation in Jinja |
| Accountability | Annual report and annual accounts for 2024 |
Read on
More for children
Help for children
Made-to-measure wheelchairs, nutritious porridge and school supplies: read what we did for children and how you can join in now.
Read about helping children in AfricaWater nearby, time for school
If you do not have to walk far for water, you have time left for school. In our photos from Muchanga you mostly see children with jerrycans: they are the ones who fetch the water.
Read about donating a water wellA fundraiser with your class
Raise money with your class, club or family, for example with a sponsored run. Email us beforehand, and the money will go to the next project for children.
Email us about a fundraiserWhere do we stand now?
We have not yet carried out a stand-alone education project, and like 2025, 2026 is a deliberate rest year without a project trip. The next project starts in the autumn of 2027. Our regular partner in Kampala proposes villages for it, and the board approves the project before we raise any money. If an education project starts, you will read about it on this site and in our news overview.