Build Africa's Achievements 

Since 2004 Build Africa's work has improved the lives of young people in remote districts of Uganda and Kenya:

Education 

We have worked in 115 schools benefitting over 150,000 children. In Uganda, 94.5% of students in schools we have been supporting for 5 years or more pass their final exams, compared to 79.3% in the schools we have just recently started supporting. Similarly, in the schools we work with in Kenya, the average number of Kenyan students per school taking their leaving exams has more than doubled in schools we've working with for two years or longer. 

In 2010, a total of 68 new classrooms were constructed, while a further 18 classrooms were renovated and put in use again.

Income generation 

The Village Savings and Loans Scheme has gone from strength to strength.

By the end of the second quarter of 2011, the 987 savings groups, consisiting of over 26,000 members have saved an amazing accumulated total of £428,077.

Health awareness

Training of peer educators and the establishment of health clubs has increased awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention with over 20,000 children at 27 schools.

More than half of all students surveyed in the schools we work with can name three ways in which to prevent HIV. This is in comparison to just 17% of the adult population of Uganda.

Find out more about our Build a School and Build an Income programmes