Schools that support orphans
BOFU works together with different schools in rural areas especially in central Uganda. These schools are government aided, but they lack many facilities such as desks, libraries, laboraties, textbooks, toilets, classrooms etc These schools have many students, a big percentage of which are orphans. BOFU works with these schools not only to provide textbooks, but build infrastracture such as libraries
How we started
BOFU was started by three young orphans Solomy Nambooze, Rehema Kivumbi and Naomi Kemigisha in 2012, who grew up facing poverty challenges of accessing books and other education materials. When they reached University, they decided to establish BOFU as a small community organisations to help young orphans in school. BOFU has grown from a small community organisations helping a few girls to a big NGO helping thousands of students.
BOFU focuses on delivery of textbooks to schools in rural areas, where orphans study from. We give books to individual orphans, to families where orphans live and to school where orphans study.
Girls for sciences campaigns
In rural Uganda, girls perform poorly in comparison to boys when it comes to science subjects. BOFU has stepped up its campaign of supporting girls perform better in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological, technical drawing etc We give science text books to these individual girls from poor families, we set up campaigns in schools as well community libraries, with a focus of teachinh girls about science subjects
Building libraries
BOFU builds libraries in schools and poor communities to support students from poor families and poor communities, so that these students have an opportunity of accessing material that is being taught in class. We help students borrow these books for reading at home, use during lessons, use in group work, and so that students can conduct lessons themselves in case of absence of teachers
Our team
BOFU has a board of directors, which comprises of members in Uganda as well as members in the Netherlands and the USA. We have an executive director, a country coordinator, department teamleaders, regional coordinators and volunteers
Solomy Nambooze
Board member Uganda
Rehema Kivumbi
Board member Netherlands
Naomi Kemigisha
Counrty coordinator
Bernard Kibirige
Executive Director
Areas of operation
BOFU operates in the rural districts of Luwero, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Lwengo, Masaka, Kayunga, Bukomansimbi, Kyotera, Mukono and Kiboga. In these districts, we work together with schools, higher institutions, local libraries, the local government at different levels, community based organisations, religious institutions, youth and women organisations.
SCIENCES FOR ORPHANS CAMPAIGN
In this campaign, we are working tirelessly to ensure that the less privileged students get oriented with science subjects. Students from poor schools and communities perform poorly in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology compared to students in urban areas. We provide science books and materials to individuals, schools, communitiesto ensure that orphans perform well in sciences.