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Posted by nhanda-williams  |  Apr 13, 2010 | 3 Comments
Education • Millennium Development Goals • Ruhiira, Uganda • Sauri, Kenya

Millennium Promise Japan: Using sport to connect schoolchildren in Japan and Uganda

Through sports, we can connect without words, and it is upon this belief that Japan-based NGO Amitie was founded, and they use this idea as a means of realising their vision of promoting development and cross-cultural understanding. The main reason for Amitie's visit week was for them to inspect the Ryamiyonga Primary School which is due to soon be . . . [more]

Posted by nhanda-williams  |  Apr 9, 2010 | 1 Comments
Business Development • Education • Health • Infrastructure • Millennium Development Goals • Ruhiira, Uganda • Sauri, Kenya

Millennium Promise Japan: Connecting Japan and Uganda through Secondary Education Partnerships

Japan can feel like a very long way from Africa, and after 21 hours on a plane and a few delayed connections, this feeling certainly rung true for the delegation from Millennium Promise Japan who recently paid a visit to the Ruhiira Millennium Village in Uganda. And yet connection . . . [more]

Posted by Susan Karuti & Richard Ogeda  |  Dec 8, 2009 | 1 Comments
Education • Sauri, Kenya

Juliana’s story: Gender equality and education opportunities in Sauri

Everything in her future looked bleak. Juliana Rabilo Adele, a young girl born in a family of eight in the poor rural Kenyan village of Sauri, had struggled to join a secondary school. She finished her primary education with good results but had to wait two years for her father to raise the fees for the next step. Once he did, she had to walk 2.5 km to and from school . . . [more]

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