Uganda Education Project 

Category: Education

Pitch: 

This project sounds like a way to get as many children educated as possible around the world. It looks like a good and interesting way to help. This Project will take place in the city and country of Pallisa, Uganda. Uganda is a poor developing country in the middle eastern of Africa. Most students in Uganda, ages 15 and over have learned how to read and write but the percentage of children in Uganda who get an education is 66.8%. 76.8% are male and 57.7% are female. This Project to me, means a fair bit. One reason why is because, I believe children all over the world should get a chance to learn and get an education so they can grow up with the knowledge that most people have from getting an education. One goal for this project is to get more and more children learning and getting an education. Another goal is to make sure students have the right and proper school equipment to learn. 

Critical Need: 

The reasons for this project are to show people how many people can't afford to get an education and how lucky we are. In Uganda, parents struggle to pay for textbooks, field trips, etc for their children. 

Impact: 
This project will benefit the world by showing that anyone can make a difference and that how grateful people around the world should be. It also benefits the children around the world that are given the chance to learn. 

Feasibility:
This project would like to get started in September, 2014 - November, 2014. To help myself with organizing this project, i will find or bring any volunteers that would like to help out. These people would provide the funding of the project because funding for a good cause is something that can make a lot of people happy plus it is something many countries need. 

The costs of the supplies and equipment are calculated below:
100 textbooks = $7000 ($70 per textbook) 
200 school desks plus chair = $6000 ($30 per desk and chair)
5 chalkboards = $500 ($100 per chalkboard)
500 pencil cases with 20 pencils each = $4305 ($8.61 per case)
250 cases of markers = $1495 ($5.98 per case) 
The approximate cost for this project is around $20,000

Last Points: 
Uganda is the same size as Oregon State (Uganda Population = 35,873,253 people, Oregon Population = 3,871,859)
Soccer is the most popular sport in Uganda
There are 1061 species of birds in Uganda
My name is Austin Whelan and I attend Bill Crothers Secondary School and my favourite sports are Hockey and Baseball and I am starting a project in Uganda called "The Uganda Education Project". My goal is to get as many children a chance to get an education and learn properly with the proper equipment. 

References: 
http://www.thisisyourplanet.com
http://www.educationafrica.com