Niteo Africa partners with Ugandans to invest in the reading culture of Uganda through a safe and community based literacy centre full of computers, books, and educational resources.
On Sunday, July 18 from 2-5pm, Niteo will host and Open House at the Eva Ruf Resource Centre in Ntinda up from the Red Cross. The community at large is invited to come and freely discover the centre and the programs and resources it offers to the children, families, and educators of Uganda. During the afternoon visitors will be able to informally gather and learn more about the Centre through experiencing it firsthand.
Niteo Africa is an NGO of Canadians and Ugandans partnering together to educate our children. Founded by Karine Liegmann, an educator and humanitarian, the organization includes projects that support quality education and reciprocity among Canadians and Ugandans with sustainable change. Examples of projects include the Eva Ruf Resource Centre, Leaders of Distinction (fka: Kids Helping Kids) with Afroeducare, and Teaching Together at schools such as Kabojja Primary, Kawanda Senior Secondary, Living Hope Orphan School, and Sanyu Babies' Home. Volunteer teams visit annually from Canada to partner with Ugandans in the implementation or encouragement of these projects.
The vision for the Resource Centre emerged as an answer to the idea that "every child deserves a book." The Centre opened in 2008 and currently it serves approximately 1500 students each month. Students, parents, and teachers visit the Centre to study, participate in classes, read literature designed for children to enrich the Ugandan curriculum and reading culture. Programs the centre hosts include breakdancing classes and competitions, computer training, art classes, career guidance counselling and much more.
Niteo hopes to grow and is currently considering expanding into Northern Uganda with a brand new 20' container of books ready to be shipped. Also, over the past year, Niteo has mobilised Canadian children at Glenmore Elementary in British Columbia, Canada to fundraise for a bookmobile. To enrich the instructional program of schools, the bookmobile or Niteo van will be ready to deliver books and resources throughout Kampala. Schools may borrow the resources for a period of time and return them for other schools to use.
Betty Kabagambe, Centre Director, is quoted as saying, "We want to get the word out about how much the Centre offers, encouraging students to participate in our educational programs and take advantage of our learning environment."
The Eva Ruf Resource Centre will be hosting an Open House on Sunday for you to discover more about its services. For more information please visit www.niteoafrica.org, the "Eva Ruf Resource Centre" Facebook group or contact gilbert@niteoafrica.org.
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Karine and team
I read your blogs daily and wish I were with you all. Everything you are doing sounds so familiar to me. It's wonderful that you have Dylan and others with you, another generation is learning how the other half of the world live.
Will keep you in our prayers
From the Occleshaw family in England
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