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Arlington Academy of Hope
PO Box 7694
Arlington, VA 22207

tel: 571-228-4102

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 AAH Programs

The doors of Arlington Academy of Hope opened in Bumwalukani village in February 2004. Our goal was to create a model primary school for Eastern Uganda that would set new learning standards and enable children to get an excellent education.  Prior to AAH, families had no choice but to send their children to poor, overcrowded schools or keep them home to work the fields. AAH opens new possibilities for children and gives them and their families hope for a better future.  AAH provides each child with individual attention, dedicated teachers, textbooks, scholastic materials, reading books, uniforms, shoes and two meals every day. 

For many in Mbale district, indeed in Eastern Uganda, the Arlington Academy of Hope is their best hope for academic success. AAH’s innovative approach to education – combining academic excellence with a vibrant health, sports, and music program -- has attracted the attention of administrators, teachers, education professionals and policy planners both in Uganda and the U.S., who see this as a possible answer to reversing decades of decline in education standards in the region. The hopes of many hinge on the success of Arlington Academy of Hope.  What began four years ago as a primary school for children in P1 through P5, now is a broad-based, non-profit organization offering excellent primary education to 300 children in grades P1 through P7, a brand new library learning center and health clinic, both on school grounds and open to the entire Bumwalukani community, and a scholarship program for our students going on to secondary school.  Additionally, the people of Bupoto village eagerly await the opening of our second clinic in February 2008.  We welcome you to be part of this experience.

This booklet explains the origins, current activities, and future plans for this organization and our programs benefitting children and rural, underserved communities in Uganda. Please contact us to discuss how we can partner with you to sustain the program in Bumwalukani village and to expand to other areas.

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 Our Results

In the three short years that AAH has been in existence, we have been able to transform a community in unimaginable ways. Moving from a scholarship program that was serving 142 children at its height in 2003, the Arlington Academy of Hope has built a program in Bumwalukani village that has achieved many successes:

 Download the AAH 2007 Accomplishments

 

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At the School:

  • 308 students enrolled – of whom 129 are girls. More than 200 are on a waiting list.
  • Students provided with midmorning meal, lunch, uniforms, shoes, school supplies, and play equipment
  • 100% of 2007 graduates went on to secondary school compared to 14% national average
  • 11 teachers, 12 non teaching staff employed
  • A clinic with a nurse and full medical supplies for AAH students, teachers and community operated in partnership with Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
  • A mini science lab with microscopes
  •  Improved textbooks to 1:2 for all students
  • Guesthouse to accommodate visiting teachers and other AAH visitors
  •  A Head teacher’s house
  • Electricity connection to the school and to village
  • 5 Computers for the school
  •  TV and VCR set
  • A weather station
  • A new library learning center that will serve the school and community 

For the community

 

  • Distributed school supplies, soccer balls, toys and other play equipment to 5 local schools.
  • Hosted a lunch events for students from local schools.
  • Seminars for local teachers
  • Employing over 50 people on construction and other school activities
  • Indirect support to over 200 others as suppliers of food, school supplies, uniforms, etc.
  •  School provides typing services, postage, cell phone, water supplies to the community 

 Ongoing or recently completed projects

 

  • A new clinic ready to open in Bupoto village in February 2008 
  • First year of secondary school completed for AAH graduates
  • An annual reading challenge in partnership with sister school Arlington Traditional School.  AAH kids read more than 13,000 books over three months this summer.

 

New Projects awaiting funding

 

  • Furnish the new library learning center including stocking with 10,000 books and expanding our computer capacity ($25k)
  • Build one new teacher house ($12k)
  • Expand secondary school scholarship program for 30 additional students (Akisoferi Wamundu Fund for the Future) ($33)
  • Fund current operations at the school ($110k)
  • Continue outreach program with the 9 local schools (18k)
  • Stock new clinic in Bupoto with medical equipment and medicines, fund nurse for one year (5k)

 

 

Future Projects

  • New schools in other communities at appropriate intervals
  • New clinics in other communities
  • Funding secondary education
  • Study Abroad program from USA
  • Explore other economic development issues - banking mechanisms, communication networks, income generating ventures, new community initiatives.

 

Measures of Success

  • Improved pass rates at primary school
  • Improved literacy rates
  • Higher girl enrollments
  • Low pregnancy rates
  • New trades and businesses
  • A vibrant USA/Uganda relationship

 
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