Can you imagine walking for 3-5 miles to reach a nearest health facility? This is the reality of many people in rural Uganda where access to good health care facilities […]

Light is an essential necessity. For students, having light at night to study can make a huge difference in their performance. Many students in rural areas come from homes that […]

The students at Hope Academy are making herbal soap and jelly as a strategy for the school to become self-reliant and reduce dependency on donor funding. The main objective of […]

In rural Uganda women not only bear the responsibility of raising children, but also the burden of looking for the economic welfare of the family. The village banking program is […]

Our Main Hall/Community Center is nearly completed. We still need for completing the roof, installing windows, doors, and concrete floor. The structure is large. It can be divided into three […]

In May 2013, URF completed a new home for a child-headed family in Bugonzi village. You can see the transformation in the picture from – from the old shack to […]

Access to clean water is a huge challenge for many people in rural Uganda. Working with EWB students from University of Minnesota, URF has started building rainwater harvesting systems for […]

In an effort to impart practical skills in students going through Hope Academy, URF established the Creative Arts and Crafts Center which offers training in various crafts, painting, music, dance […]

On May 11th, a group of 23 Canadian college students along with their professors joined Hope Academy students and URF staff to clean up the town of Kyetume. The project […]

Hope Junior School was established in February 2013 as a kindergarten and later to evolve into a primary school. The school’s curriculum is designed to provide a solid academic foundation to prepare […]