Pennies fund full scholarship
St. Andrew School students and families met the challenge to raise enough money through a coin collection to fund Mauricia’s vocational school scholarship. The annual Penny Challenge raised $4,747 –…
Shop with purpose
For the week of June 13, Noonday will donate 30% of all sales to OHU thanks to Andrea Keefe’s trunk sale. Use this link to shop: https://bit.ly/NoondayandOHU. In addition to…
St. Andrew has heart
St. Andrew students set a new fundraising record of $4714.14 in this year’s annual Penny Challenge which will fund Mauricia’s vocational small business trade school education. The fundraising total and…
We got coin!
Last Friday, a small group loaded up their cars with buckets and buckets of coins collected from the St. Andrew School Penny Challenge. “The kids were so excited to have…
Lawrence has graduated!
We’re so proud of Lawrence, who recently graduated from Uganda Martyrs University with a degree in accounting. He has been interning at Grant Thornton in Kampala for the past several…
Bethany Land Institute visit
The Bethany Land Institute, BLI, is celebrating its grand opening this July after several years of planning and development. Its President, Fr. Emmanuel Katongale, has been a tremendous friend and…
Books open young minds
This past week, St. Andrew School students celebrated Catholic Schools Week by reading and learning about Uganda, students in Africa and their unique challenges. The value of education and the…
OHU Day at St. Andrew
We kicked off St. Andrew School’s Catholic School Week with One Heart Uganda day on Friday – when students and teachers came dressed in red to celebrate. Teachers got to…
Learning comes full circle
We’re so proud of our recent graduate, Josephine, who has finished her teaching internship and now has a classroom of her own at Archbishop Stensera Secondary School in the Mpigi…
Powering the future
Arnold is pursuing an electrical engineering diploma at Kyambogo University and is very happy with his choice. The university is near Kampala and the coursework is providing plenty of hands-on…
Welcome Baby Brian
We’ve been following Dr. Jaki’s progress and success for many years. The original inspiration for One Heart Uganda’s scholarship program – Jaki has led the way and made us proud…
Building on dreams
Waswa Peter has graduated from the Bukomero Technical Institute with a Building Construction degree. Prior to graduation, this summer he worked at an internship where he was able to help…
The gift of encouragement
We’re so grateful to Margaret and Ryan Spalding for their gift of encouragement to Jackie. They have generously funded the remaining tuition to see her through to her graduation from…
Laptops launch learning
Jovan and Michael are delighted. They recently received new laptops to ensure they’re equipped to excel in their college and university classes. Computers have always been an important part of…
Pizza worth the wait
After a 2-year hiatus, Sunday night’s Pizza Appreciation party was well with worth the wait. There are many things we’ve all missed over the last year and half, and this…