Edna Pre & Primary School
Community school · Kampala, Uganda

Edna Pre and Primary School teaches 412 children from Baby Class to Primary 7. 168 of them are here only because a sponsor covers their fees, meals and books.

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Break time in the compound
pupils enrolled
412
in class because of a sponsor
168
hot lunches served each day
390
teachers and staff
22
A pupil grinning in the front row of a busy classroom
A crowd of smiling pupils in uniform posing outside their classroom
A school built by its community

Fees cover part of the cost. Sponsors close the gap.

Edna began in 2011 when a group of Kampala teachers kept seeing bright children turned away from school. Not for lack of ability, but because their families couldn’t afford uniforms, meals or books.

Today, roughly four in ten pupils study on full or partial sponsorship. The rest pay reduced fees that cover only part of what a school day really costs. Teachers’ salaries, lunches and repairs are paid for by people who decided these children were worth it.

  • 14 classrooms on our own compound
  • 94% of P5 pupils go on to sit their Primary Leaving Exams
  • 15 years open, with sponsors who stay for years
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Ways to give

Every gift pays for something real

Each tier is tied to an actual cost at Edna, so you know exactly what your money does.

Girls in checked uniforms eating a hot school lunch together
$15/month

Friend of Edna

Covers exercise books, pencils and a school lunch for one child, every school day of the month.

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$45/month

Child Sponsor

Pays full termly fees, uniform, meals and learning materials for one named child, from nursery through to Primary 7.

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A teacher writing on the blackboard while pupils follow the lesson
$150/month

Classroom Partner

Funds a teacher’s salary and supplies for an entire classroom of roughly 28 pupils.

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Pupils at painted desks in a classroom lined with handmade teaching charts
$500/one-time

Builder Circle

Goes toward infrastructure: classroom blocks, clean water points, a library, or a school kitchen.

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A day at Edna

What your sponsorship looks like, hour by hour

  1. A teacher at the chalkboard in a classroom covered in learning charts
    8:00am

    Morning lessons

    Literacy, numeracy and local language, taught at the chalkboard in classrooms the teachers decorate by hand.

  2. Pupils sharing lunch at long blue desks
    12:30pm

    Hot lunch for everyone

    Every enrolled pupil eats, no exceptions. For many children it is the most reliable meal of their day.

  3. A full classroom of pupils seated at colourful desks
    1:15pm

    Afternoon classes

    Sciences, social studies, creative work and sport, in classes small enough for teachers to know every child.

  4. An upper primary study group with open exercise books
    4:00pm

    Revision & catch-up

    Upper primary pupils stay on in study groups to prepare for their Primary Leaving Examinations.

Age-appropriate learning

One school, from first words to final exams

Young pupils at small green and red desks in a pre-primary classroom
Ages 3 to 5

Pre-Primary (Baby, Middle & Top Class)

Play-based early learning that builds language, number sense, motor skills and confidence before Primary One — taught in small, teacher-rich classes.

Young pupils crowded around a desk in a lower primary classroom
Ages 6 to 9

Lower Primary (P1 – P3)

The Ugandan national curriculum in literacy, numeracy and local language, alongside daily reading time and a hot lunch for every pupil.

Upper primary pupils revising together at a yellow desk
Ages 10 to 13

Upper Primary (P4 – P7)

Sciences, mathematics, social studies and Primary Leaving Examination preparation, plus mentorship, sport and a growing computer lab.

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Owned by the community

When Edna calls a parents’ meeting, the compound fills.

Parents, guardians, teachers and local leaders gather under the tent to hear how the school is doing: results, finances, and what the children still need. It is how Edna stays accountable to the families it serves.

Sponsors join that same circle. You get termly reports, letters and photos, and the community gets the resources to keep its children learning.

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The school compound filled with families under a white tent
A speaker addressing parents in front of the school building
Teachers in matching dresses seated among parents at a school meeting
Photo gallery

Life at Edna, as it really is

No stock photos. Every picture here was taken at our school in Kampala.

In their words

Parents, sponsors and former pupils

“My daughter used to walk two hours to a school with sixty children in one room. At Edna she has a desk, a teacher who knows her name, and lunch every day.”
Harriet N. Parent, Kampala
“We sponsor two pupils from our office in Manchester. The termly updates and photos make it feel like we are part of their classroom, not just a donor list.”
Tom & colleagues Corporate sponsors, United Kingdom
“I started as a sponsored pupil in Baby Class. This year I sat my Primary Leaving Exams. Edna did not just teach me — it kept me in school.”
Brian K. Edna alumnus, now in Secondary school

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