Soft Power Education has been supporting the Ugandan Government in working towards the Millennium Development Goals for the Primary Education Sector. Working with rural primary schools, we have also created a complementary learning environment for pupils based at the Amagezi Education Centre (AEC). Pupils from 27 partner schools visit the Centre throughout the academic year and enjoy practical, interactive and hands-on learning session using equipment they do not have access to in school. We are now also extending the use of the centre to enable opportunities for adult learning.
The Centre, situated in Jinja, opened in February 2007 and is a pioneering educational facility with a dual focus:
- Enabling schools to meet needs brought about by Universal Primary Education (UPE)
- Building the capacity of local communities to tackle poverty
2009 has seen some exciting developments at the Amagezi Education Centre with the addition of a new building (above let) to house bigger offices and a library (above right), an extended ICT lab, a new and improved Endowoza Arts Centre and the biggest thing of all - the centre has been connected to electricity! This was possible thanks to the $10,000 we were given for winning the Entrepreneurship in Education Award in 2008. Our poor solar power could no longer keep up with the increased number of computers in the lab and office!
Video
This short video was made by some very good friends of ours and has enabled us to spread the word about the Amagezi Education Centre as well as to assist us with fundraising applications. The video will give you a good idea of how the centre works.
Projects
The core value of the AEC is that access to learning and information holds the key to individual and community development, and should be available to all. Two years of research and consultation within schools and local communities, together with the results from numerous pilot projects, has culminated in the final development of educational and capacity building projects. Each project is designed to contribute towards enabling communities to break the cycle of poverty in which they are living.
The Amagezi Education Centre runs several projects, click on the links below to see details of each project and volunteering opportunities within each project
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