Hand in Hand (charity no. 1069976)

Jehovah Jireh Nshumi is a village school located in South West Uganda. Started in 2007 its aim is to work with the local community to provide free, quality education to children in this poor, rural area through Christian love and values.

South West Uganda is a fertile, densely populated area with few education or employment opportunities for those living in villages away from the main trading centres and roads. This has lead to high illiteracy rates in these locations amongst an expanding population. The vision, given to Horace, who is a native of Nshumi village, was for the transformation of his economically and spiritually poor community.

Hand in Hand has assisted JJN School in providing books, cement, uniforms, furniture as well as the most necessary resource a school has - teachers. Take a look at the Project Gallery just to see the impact these donations already have made to children who would otherwise grow up illiterate and unemployable.

Through the initiative of a thoughtful Australian requesting donations for his 50th birthday, Kids for Kids was created as a 'one-off' donation. Four of the most vulnerable children benefitted from this income generating project. Two of the children have no family and rely on the compassion of others for their well- being. The scheme will be perpetuated by the children returning to school the first weaned, femaile kid to be born, so that another child will be able to join the scheme. All subsequent kids will be theirs to help them do what so many orphans have to do..... make their way in life from a very young age. It is our hope that we can further develop self-sufficiency amongst the younger population of Nshumi through such schemes.

Currently the school has classes up to Primary 5. By 2013 the school will have pupils to Primary 7 (the final year of primary education in Uganda). Currently under consideration is the future academic and vocational education of Nshumi children in order to fulfil the school's mission - guiding and developing young people's God given potential.