Our students in Uganda have been pursuing their talents in sports in and outside of school. Click to read more on how our students are competing and excelling and sports!
Meet Jo: Communications and Events Manager
Meet Jess: Head of Fundraising and Impact
Gala Ball raises over $1M to unlock potential through the power of education
Support School for Life while you shop with iSponsor
We have partnered with iSponsor - a new and innovative app which turns your everyday shopping into free donations.
When you shop through the iSponsor app at their hundreds of sponsor brands, School for Life will receive a percentage of your purchase, at no extra cost to you! It's simple and free to use. Read on and download the app today!
Our Boys' Boarding School is Here!
First Education - Changing lives in Uganda
When Harry Mavrolefteros (Owner of First Education) was looking for a way to repurpose tutoring cancellation fees, he found School for Life Foundation.
Read about how First Education has sponsored 12 students’ education in Uganda through their commitment to boost student’s confidence through education.
Seisma pledge 1% to help break the cycle of poverty
With a strong alignment of values and a focus on the empowerment of women and girls in the IT space, so began our partnership with Seisma in 2020.
Seisma currently sponsor 85 of our secondary school girls as well as our IT Teacher, Jerome, and recently contributed to our Giving Day as matched funding partners.
Read on to find our more about our major corporate partner, Seisma.
Introducing Helen: Acting CEO
We are excited to announce the appointment of Helen Caldwell as Acting CEO of School for Life while our CEO and Founding Director, Annabelle Chauncy, enjoys six months of parental leave to adjust to life as a new mother.
Helen joins us after nine and a half years at AIME (previously Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) most notably as their Partnerships Director and close support to AIME’s CEO and Founder. Click through to meet Helen!
2021 Supporter Survey Results
In September this year we ran our first ever Supporter Survey to better understand YOU our incredibly caring community of supporters.
Your insights and feedback allows us to better engage and communicate with you and ensure you feel respected and listened to by all of us here at School for Life.
Read on to learn more about our community of supporters!
Trip to Uganda inspires HSC Major Artwork
After joining our Travel4Good Parent and Child trip back in September 2019, Jess was so inspired that two years later, her HSC Major Artwork portrays her experience on that trip to our schools in rural Uganda.
As students all across NSW are sitting their HSC exams, we had a quick chat with Jess about her HSC artwork, what education means to her and where to after the HSC.
How Jezzie's Starlight Wish is helping other children’s wishes come true
At the age of 8, Jezzie was offered the chance to have a wish granted by the Starlight Children’s Foundation after long-suffering the autoimmune disease Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) since she was only 18 months old.
In August 2020 her wish - for children overseas to go to school, get an education and have a chance at life - was granted through connecting her with us here at School for Life.
Read on to find out more about our inspiring mini hero and Supporter in the Spotlight for this month.
School for Life opens a Girls' Boarding House!
School for Life celebrated a massive milestone on February 28, 2021. On this day we opened our first boarding facility and welcomed the first group of Senior girls to their new home. Here we share the story of the opening as well as introduce you to some of the wonderful students who started their boarding school journey with us.
Google Classroom - Closing the digital divide in rural Uganda
Around one third of the world’s children do not have access to remote learning. So when COVID-19 hit and schools were forced to close around the globe, 463 million children - most of whom are from rural communities - fell into the chasm of the digital divide. The pandemic shed a brutal spotlight on the digital inequalities children face and the impact this has on accessing a quality education. At School for Life, we are hoping to bridge that gap by implementing Google Classroom while schools remain shut across Uganda.
Keeping our communities safe - COVID-19 Awareness Drive
After all schools across Uganda were mandated to shut down to prevent the escalating second wave of COVID-19 in early June, forcing our students to stay at home and keep within their villages, our Community & Welfare team quickly moved into action to ensure the wider population were educated on preventative measures to keep healthy and safe. In doing so, our team reached and educated a wider audience, helping to reduce the likelihood of our students contracting the virus whilst in contact with their local community members.
Coffee for a cause: Getting to know eviG
Co-Founders Roland and Liam launched eviG in November 2019, a profit-for-purpose business with a core mission of giving back and ensuring disadvantaged children in Australia and around the world get access to quality education. They recently started supporting School for Life and we love what they’re about, so here’s an intro to eviG!
Does sponsoring a child REALLY make a difference?
It’s sometimes very hard to know if your dollars are truly making a difference and if you’re having the impact you hope to have on another person’s life. This is very much the case with sponsoring a child or getting your business involved on a corporate level! We recently spoke with one of our long-time supporters, Mike Coorey, who shares his incredible first-hand story of witnessing child sponsorship changing lives and how getting your business involved in philanthropy is a good thing.
2020’s Primary 7 class aces their high school entrance exams despite the odds
Despite the challenges COVID-19 presented to all of our students this past year, and in particular to our Primary 7 Class of 2020, all of our students passed their National Primary Leaving Exams with a Division 3 or higher. We are so proud of all of our students for the remarkable result and introduce you to our top 3 highest performing Primary 7 students.
Building brighter futures: constructing our boys’ boarding school
After the milestone completion and opening of the Senior girls’ boarding facility earlier this year, it wasn’t long until we started breaking the ground to begin building our Senior boys’ boarding school. Read on to follow the next chapter in School for Life’s history books and see how quickly this project is coming together!
In 2010, Rachel began as a cleaner at Katuuso Primary and Vocational School. She was working to save money to study to be a teacher at University. Thanks to Barrie and Simone Goldsmith, her dream of studying came true and she is now fully qualified.