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Jan 2023

From the Classroom to the Boardroom: Dinah Achola's Journey to Making a Difference in Rural Communities.

Meet Dinah Achola, a Teach For Uganda alumnus and a dynamic and driven Customer Success Manager at Skizaa, a Kenyan Ed-tech start-up looking to digitize classro...

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Jan 2023

A Fellow Inspires Action Towards Waste Management

A tidy classroom is conducive to teaching and learning. A school environment free from litter amazes visitors, and that means that every school is obliged to de...

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Jan 2023

School Feels Like a Safe Haven; A Little Girl Finds Love at School.

When I first saw Sophie, my heart sank. I was not comfortable seeing a child looking so helpless, with bruises on her body and bleeding lips. She is an eig...

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Dec 2022

Teach For Uganda Graduation: Celebrating 26 Exceptional Fellows

On 2nd December, we held the graduation ceremony of 26 Fellows from the Teach For Uganda Fellowship program. These remarkable individuals dedicated the last two...

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Dec 2022

Teach For Uganda Alumnus Esther Chebjira Among 19 Ugandans Awarded Chevening Scholarship

Teach For Uganda alumnus Esther Chebijira was among 19 Ugandans chosen for the Chevening Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom. She is currently pursuing a...

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Dec 2022

“Climate change education is a vital part of sustainable development” – Judith Chandia – Teach For Uganda

On November 14th, we had the opportunity to visit Chandia Judith, a Teach For Uganda Fellow who was in the final days of her two-year teaching fellowship progra...

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Jul 2022

Teach For Uganda Launches New Digital Learning Sites

New digital learning sites for three primary schools in the Mayuge district have been launched. The sites are expected to help the pupils better understand lite...

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Jul 2022

Teach For Uganda Welcome New Campus Ambassadors

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. To celebrate and welcome both the outgoing and incoming Teach For Uganda (TFU) Campus Ambassadors, ...

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Jul 2022

Alumni Highlight: Laker Winnie uses the power of football to improve educational outcomes for underprivileged children

At Bwiwula Primary School during her fellowship In Mayuge District, Laker Winnie faced a number of challenges including absenteeism of children and very high sc...

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Jul 2022

Teach For Uganda Signs MoU with Kayunga District Local Government to Expand Its Fellowship Program

On the 16th of June, Teach For Uganda (TFU) and Kayunga District Local Government signed an MoU that has allowed TFU to expand its Fellowship program in the dis...

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Apr 2022

Why Teaching is Management

Many scholars have defined teaching as the process of "imparting" knowledge. I want to go with Mark Smith's 2016 definition, in their group's article- defi...

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Jan 2022

Ubuntu and Community leadership - What does it mean to us?

A few days ago, I wrote about the plight of pensioners in Uganda and how some of them are being tossed around to get their pensions. Some do not receive thei...

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Oct 2021

TFU concludes its 1st-ever Virtual Training Institute for Cohort 4 Fellows

On Tuesday 21st September, Teach For Uganda (TFU) launched the 1st ever Virtual Institute (VI) for the Cohort 4 fellows with a total number of 76 fellows expect...

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Sep 2021

Interview: Girl Empowerment & Inclusion Are At The Centre Of Molly Nabwami's Work

Molly Nabwami Molly Nabwami is one of our inaugural cohort Fellows. She was placed at Kasiso Primary School in Luwero District where she and her colleague start...

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Sep 2021

Moureen Aol reflects on how she stimulated curiosity to enhance learning

Moureen during a learning session at her placement rural school in Mayuge District.This is a journey of growth, of learning, and unlearning various aspects of l...

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Sep 2021

Government must invest in rural schools to reduce education inequity during online learning

A student interacting with a learning tablet at Isenda Primary School in Mayuge District"As the world continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic and its im...

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Aug 2021

Teach For Uganda alumna Frida Aduno selected for Chevening scholarship

Aduno Mary Frida has been selected for the Chevening 2021 scholarship program to study for a Master's Degree in Inclusive Education at the Univerisity of Bristo...

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Aug 2021

Moses Ruharo: "A letter from Washington DC" - I hope It Inspires You

Teach For Uganda’s Alumni president Moses Ruharo is in the United States to start yet another interesting career journey. Moses will pursue a Masters in S...

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Aug 2021

First of its kind Tele-Learning Initiative launched

Unique Learning Initiative Launched to Support Educational Progress of Underserved Children Teach For Uganda Fellow Faith Aanyu facilitating learning at Wand...

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Jul 2021

Salima's story: Focusing amidst trials

Salima, seated at a bench with her Primary Five workbook, during an outdoor learning session at Wamulongo Primary School in Mayuge District Life is full ...

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Jul 2021

Resistance, Contempt, and Snags are The Real Fuels of a Successful Fellowship

Decimon during his fellowship What you go through as a new fellow is not the hell. The real hell is when you close your mind to the possibilities, innova...

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Jul 2021

The friendship language, a link that binds us!

Teach For Uganda fellow Laker Winnie reading with some of her learns at Bwiwula Primary School in Mayuge District Ours was a friendship that started on s...

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Jul 2021

Everything Wrong with Universal Primary Education Program In Uganda

A primary school child during a class session in Mayuge District, Uganda The Universal Primary Education (UPE) program was introduced in 1997 for all peopl...

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