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We support communities in rural Uganda establish brick-wall classrooms for the schools so they can have a better quality education environment. Some schools here have classes under trees or in mud buildings that are easily swept away by weather conditions.
The Ugandan population is presently estimated at 31 million people. Of this over 60% are below the age of 18 and school going. Universal Primary Education(UPE) a government program that allows free education for all elementary school going children has seen immense response that has led to overcrowding of schools and eminent shortage of infrastructure and scholastic materials, some children hold their classes under Mango trees- a good gesture but not very weather-friendly.
As part of our community initiatives, we help set up medical facilities ie dispensaries/clinics in rural parts of Uganda to help in the health sector that is suffering greatly. From recent statistics, Malaria claims up to 320 people per day in Uganda, this makes it the number one killer ahead of HIV/AIDS. The doctor-patient distribution is 1 doctor to over 1,000 patients. A majority of Ugandans will spend their lives without ever having access to a doctor.
Get involved?
 1. Take a volunteer safari with us as a group and help build a classroom or village clinic and experience the warmth of African culture and amazing wildlife. 2. Take a volunteer safari as a doctor/dentist/nurse or entire medical team help facilitate health education in the villages and help equip and empower the locals with information to address infections that are easily personally addressable yet. 3. Take a volunteer safari as a teacher and help equip the teachers in the rural schools with teaching skills that are practical and helpful. 4. Take a safari with us. When you take an African safari with Border-less Travel, you help us make a difference. Some of our finished projects(a) A community adult education centre, a building we purchased and finished so the community can use as a contact centre for education in Bwagogo - Eastern Uganda. (b) A classroom block for P.6 and P7 at Sunrise school in Bududa, Eastern Uganda (c) A classroom block for Joy nursery school at Bwagogo, Manafwa District in Eastern Uganda (d) We have also recently ventured into supporting widows by providing milking cows that can help them have an income and enough milk for them and their family.  
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