Sponsorships

Bill & Jill came back to visit the students they sponsor -
and very generously bought them cameras as well! 

Every year children complete their primary education at Mbuga primary school with adequate grades and the ability to continue on to secondary education. A few of those, whose families are able to afford it, do just that, but there are many whose situation and the absence of public secondary schools makes it impossible. Countless children who, with further education, would benefit both themselves and their families are resigned to digging in the fields and living a subsistence lifestyle, likely to marry young and have a large family to support on limited means.

Fort Portal Senior Secondary school is based 26 km away in Fort Portal town.  It is a boarding school of comparatively high quality and the cost per child, including education, food, accommodation, uniforms and school equipment, is about $550 per year.  As of February 2013, Ndali Lodge, helped by some very generous sponsors, is supporting twenty children with their further education. 

Some of our students

Rosette, overcame personal challenges which kept her
out of school for many months; she is now in her final
year at Fort Portal Secondary School and intends to
continue her studies at Nursing and midwifery college. 



Rose, after interning in the Ndali Kitchen decided to
pursue catering professionally and is now studying
at Rosa Mystica Vocational School in Fort Portal but
comes back to Ndali in her holidays. 



Serapio has completed Board of Education
certified vocational training and is now an electrician.

Moureen has just finished her 4th year at
Fort Portal Secondary and will soon start
training to become a primary school teacher

Harriet is in her second, and final, year at
Rosa Mystica Vocational College

• Ivan, the first student sponsored by Ndali Ventures is in his last year at Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal studying for a Bachelor of Business Management & Accounting. Sponsorship has been secured to allow his education to continue even further, and he will start studying for a Masters in Business Administration in August. 
• We have most recently added three students to the programme - John and James who are now being sponsored at Aunt Susans Primary School, and Grace who is training to be a nursery teacher, and who we hope will be able to help us set up and then teach in our very own nursery when she graduates.

Wilberforce has just finished his 4th year
at Fort Portal Secondary and will soon
start training to be an electrical enginee

Our youngest recipient of sponsorship is Sylvia, she was previously at a small orphanage nursery school in a banana plantation in Ndali village, some guests of the Lodge met her on a walk during their stay and decided to sponsor her,  she is now attending Green Circle which is the leading nursery school in Fort Portal.

Stephen is in his 3rd year at Fort
Portal Secondary 

Vianney is now in his 2nd year at
Fort Portal Secondary