The Mtaala Foundation partners with individuals and communities to create schools where none existed.  We are committed to providing our educational partner schools with proper facilities, boarding school supplies, academic resources, quality teachers, electricity, and water. Wherever possible, Mtaala makes efforts to do this as self-sustainably we can, so that the schools may operate independently for years to come.

And the students at our educational partner schools are eligible to participate in our Student Sponsorship program, ensuring that the entire school community can benefit from and contribute to their improved conditions.

In 2007, we came upon a remarkable school in Kigo, Uganda: Awegys Secondary School. Awegys School was started by a woman named Alice who worked for thirty-nine years as a school administrator, teacher, and mother to ten children. Alice knew that there was no secondary school within walking distance for local students. 

And so it began: In 2004, after a brief retirement, Alice moved in with her family, turned her former home into dormitories and classrooms, used her pension to pay teachers’ salaries, and opened the facilities to local students.  Out of her dedication, Awegys School was born.