Our Pathways to Transformation
To help children, you must address the problems affecting them.
Through targeted projects, HEED is working to improve access to the essentials one remote community needs to thrive.
We Believe
Every child has value, every child is gifted, and every child can learn!
Education
A Powerful Catalyst for Change
Education changes everything. In developing countries, education improves food security, reduces malnutrition and the spread of communicable diseases, promotes gender equality, and improves lifetime wages with every year of school attended.
HEED serves a 5-village area of Kassanda District, one of the poorest districts, in Uganda. Before HEED began serving in the area, there had been little opportunity for children to attend school.
HEED’s first intervention in the area was the community’s top priority:
Education for their children.
Today over 800 students empower their futures through attendance at our primary school and high school. Practical hands-on learning is provided for students and community members through our Vocational Instituite and learning on our demonstration farm.
Almost 500 children attend the primary school
The highschool serves 210 students and growing
The Vocational Institute began in 2021
The demonstration farm helps improve food security & livelihoods
The Journey
In 2006, the government school had no teachers and sat empty. Situations like the outdoor classroom pictured below called for action. In 2007, HEED brought a teacher to the village and began offering kindergarten and first grade in a borrowed church to address the urgent need. Children of all ages flocked to join. Today, Ebenezer Primary and High School classes serve about 600 children in classes from nursery school through high school.
2005 Before HEED- A school meeting under a tree
2007-2011 Humble beginnings in a borrowed church
2007-1st day at the HEED primary school
2009-More & more children wanted education
Our first 3 classrooms were partially finished in 2011
Over 350 children attend Primary School today
In 2019, the Primary classrooms & water system were finally completed
Our primary campus was finally completed in 2021
The crown jewel of the primary school is the huge Multipurpose Hall providing space for dining, chapel, assemblies, and community outreach gatherings. It is the largest building in the district.
2014 A High School...
As students began to graduate from primary school, there was a need for continuing education. Yet again, there was no secondary school to attend in the 16,000 person sub-county. So, in 2014, HEED embarked on a high school project beginning again in a temporary wooden structure.
Original high school building
2014-2018-Classes held in a humble wooden structure
Our first high school classroom building was dedicated Oct 2018
2021-Three beautiful classroom blocks anchor the start of the high school campus
Full laboratories for quality education
Preparing students for the modern world
Before HEED began serving, only two people in the area had EVER graduated from high school
2021- Phase 1 of four phase Master Plan to complete both campuses began with construction of the first high school dormitory
Education for All
Children of all tribes and religions are welcomed in our schools, and students are succeeding on the national exams. We utilize an interactive teaching style in an encouraging, Christ-centered environment.
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