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UMECS Northern Uganda Education Program, established in 2005 while the war raged on, now in Year 7, sponsors war-affected children and youth in secondary school through higher education graduation. Pictured here, 20 April 2011 are UMECS staff member Alex Okello, upper right, with 8 of our sponsored students from Katakwi, Pader and Amuru districts, 8 of 111 war affected youth sponsored by UMECS.
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UMECS Peace Education and Guidance & Counseling Program in Secondary Schools in Northern Uganda, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports, is designed to build cultures of peace to prevent new wars and build peaceful schools and communities. Here, Sacred Heart Secondary School students in our program participate in a peace debate on 7 July 2010. |
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War-affected students at Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Gulu, Northern Uganda, among the 2,441 students in seven secondary schools participating in UMECS Peace Education and Guidance & Counseling Program in Secondary Schools in Northern Uganda. Here, students are performing a peace drama at a July 2010 Peace Activities Event sponsored by UMECS. Peace Drama scripts are written by the student performers who demonstrate the role of nonviolence and indigenous mediation to solve disputes.
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UMECS Strengthening Schools in Northern Uganda Program links quality education to peace. In this program, UMECS campaigns for books and computers for under-resourced secondary schools in Northern Uganda where the recent war devasated the quality of local education. Here, on 15 July 2010, Gulu College students celebrate the UMECS donation of more than 6,000 high quality text book to launch the Gulu College School Library.
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