| Girls Hoima Hostel Education is a luxury for young girl refugees in the Kyangwali Settlement Camp in western Uganda. In Kyangwali there is one secondary school that serves 23,000 refugees, where up to 200 students attend each class. The Kyangwali Secondary School offers only four of the six levels necessary to graduate, leaving the education of many incomplete. Most girls in Kyangwali do not further their education, but become married, do housework and have children. It is important that children complete their education, therefore if a child wishes to continue they must travel 50 miles to Hoima to attend school and live in dormitories or hostels. Without financial assistance it would not be possible. Think Humanity supports the Coburwas Club's solutions to assist refugees to achieve their educational goals. There are 54 girls living in the Hoima hostel. Daniel Muhwezi, Think Humanity Secretary/Treasurer said, "When you educate a girl, you educate a nation." Girls make up nearly 60 percent of the children out of school in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where only one in five girls gets any education at all. Here's where to zero in on the challenge: most of the benefits that accompany increased education are attributable to girls, who use their schooling more productively than boys. Women in the developing world who have had some education share their earnings; men keep a third to a half for themselves. (NewsWeek) For over a decade, education for girls has been identified as one of the best solutions to reversing the relentless trend of poverty and disease devastating large portions of sub-Saharan Africa. (UN Chronicle) Think Humanity is assisting girls with their education by providing rent, utilities, school supplies, beds and medication. These accomplishments have been achieved by in-kind partnerships and grants from organizations such as Overlooked, Doshi Group, Azur Christian Clinic and individual donors.
There are twelve rooms in the hostel with four to five girls sharing each small room. The landlord charges approximately $30 per student for the entire year. This does not include firewood, electricity or water. Here are some of the ways that your donation can be used to help girls get an education. (US dollar subject to change depending on current exchange rate amounts are approximates) Rent - $1,600 a year ($30 each) Water - $400 a year Electricity - $400 a year Transportation - $30 each student a year Firewood - $100 a year Food - $50 each student a year 2 uniforms a year - $20.50 each student Medication - $30 each student approximately $175 a year each student (tuition fees depends on class level)
Think Humanity believes that it is very important to provide the students with malaria medication and medical expenses. This can be a matter of life over death and also will cut back on school absences due to the terrible side-effects of the disease. One way to help students is by partnering with the Azur Christian Clinic in Hoima to provide medical care for the hostel students and for the orphans at the Coburwas Learning Centre. If less serious illnesses, the girls at the hostel first visit with Jane Nabakooza, nurse by profession, who assists girls with medical care. Think Humanity purchases medications directly from a warehouse to save on expenses. Jane orders according to illnesses, prescribes medications and keeps records. If more complicated cases, Jane refers the students to the Azur Clinic or the main hospital in Hoima.
Nurse Jane Nabakooza Think Humanity has partnered with COBURWAS Club since 2008 to pay expenses for the hostel students in Hoima. For more on refugee education, please visit the COBURWAS website. 2010 Elected leaders of the girls hostel Nyiraribora Solange, Head Girl Ndatuje Esther, Assistant Mugisha Grace, Treasurer Tumaini Dorika, Sports Tumuhairwe Lydia, Sanitation Aphia Rachel, Assistant Mahoro Tisia, Counselor Nyirarukundo Chantale, Disipline Durusera Idah, Academic Niramahirwe Christine, Assistant Neema Dorika, Food Monitor Businge Agnes, Secretary
Hostel Leaders Think Humanity's and the Coburwas Clubs vision for the Girl's Hoima Hostel: The girls will attend the best schools in Hoima District. By getting an education it will change the lives of girl refugees who have in the past only married, had children and labored hard by digging/farming. 
Nteziyaremye Johnas, Think Humanity manager Hoima Hostel
Wereje Benson, program manager Our girls say thank you for mosquito nets and sanitary products. June 2009. Donors to the Bed Project:
Overlooked - www.WeAreOverlooked.com, founder Dallas Harris. Overlooked raised $2,880 to go towards mattresses for girls at the Hoima Hostel Eric and Kim Paulsen donated $1,000 towards bunkbeds Cindy Basso Eaton donated $540 for four beds and eight mattresses. Other donors were: Daniel Norton, Sharon Naimon-Norton, Ed and Cathy Naimon, Vicki Reter, Kara Marshall, Ryan and Jessica Morgan, Jim and Shirley Heckel, and several smaller donations. Thank you all that donated to this project. We were able to raise the funds within less than two weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8o3qTEHS-E Hostel student, Kobwa Jennifer thanking donors for beds and mattresses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z0sjZMmHMg Esther, hostel student thanks donors for beds and mattresses. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rCqmD0Sqa0 Nsabimana Emmanuel thanks donors for beds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT1w87wehkE
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