Project 01 · Education
Stay in School
Classrooms, teacher salaries, books, pencils, shoes and school lunches — the 2026 budget for more than 1,160 children.
The problem
A free school still has to pay for the things that make school possible.
In 2026, more than 1,160 children are on the school register, and 320 new pupils arrive every year. Some classes still meet under trees or double up on benches.
The school cannot charge fees. The basics have to come from somewhere else: a teacher's salary, books, pencils, shoes, a classroom and a daily lunch.
What this project funds
Teacher salaries and the things around it.
2026 quotations in US dollars. Every line is tied to a purchase the school can receipt.
- Teacher salaries
- Eighteen teachers and assistants, so every class has an adult.$200 per teacher / month
- Classroom construction
- Four more classrooms for the children still learning under trees.$6,000 per classroom
- School lunches
- A lunch programme for children who would otherwise learn hungry.$10,000 per programme
- Books and pencils
- Textbooks, exercise books and pencils for every class.$500 books · $50 pencils
- Shoes
- Many children come to school barefoot; a pair of shoes changes the walk.$25 per pair
- Furniture and repairs
- Desks, benches and the small repairs a school always needs.$10,000 per year
Budget & target
$120,000 for 2026.
Partially funded. The remaining gap is the next funder's opportunity.
2026 budget
Partially funded| Item | Cost | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher salaries (18 × $200 × 12) | $43,200 | Partially funded |
| Classrooms (4 × $6,000) | $24,000 | Ongoing |
| School lunches | $10,000 | Funding gap |
| Books and pencils | $12,000 | Ongoing |
| Shoes | $6,000 | Ongoing |
| Furniture and repairs | $10,000 | Partially funded |
| Training and administration | $14,800 | Ongoing |
| Total | $120,000 |
The meter is updated from the school's records. A goal is shown only when the school committee has signed the quotation.
How we will verify it
What a donor can ask to see.
Verification is a habit of keeping paper, not a paragraph in a proposal.
- Payroll and teacher attendance records. Signed by the head teacher and available to the committee.
- Dated photographs of completed classrooms. Before and after, with the date recorded.
- The enrolment and attendance register. Showing how many children are actually in class.
- Receipts and the annual account. Shared with the German friends' association.
Timeline
From the first class to 2026.
Dates are recorded where they matter. The next phase is not dated until it is funded.
The first class
Betty and Francis Tibagye open a free school under a mango tree.
The first permanent block
A sponsored run funds the first classroom block, seating and blackboards.
1,160+ children
Four more classrooms are needed; teacher salaries and lunches remain underfunded.
Sustainability
What happens when the grant ends?
Teacher salaries are the recurring cost that never goes away. A monthly gift can pay a teacher every month; a capital gift can build a classroom that lasts.
The long-term answer is a school that is partly self-financing, but the classroom will always need an adult in front of it.
Fund this project
Put a book in a child's hands this term.
Give once, or join the Bulopa Circle. A monthly gift pays a teacher; a capital gift builds a classroom. Every gift can be designated to education.
Keep reading
The other programmes.
Each one has its own budget and evidence trail. Fund one, or fund the sequence.
