Thank you for your past support of KUSP! I wanted to tell you about the wonderful things we have been able to accomplish in 2023 to advance the education of young women in Uganda. As we progress from year to year, we take "lessons learned" from the previous year to sharpen our focus and increase our impact. I'd like to start by telling you about two of our success stories…

Our team, both here in the US and in Uganda, has been incredibly busy as the country emerges from the longest country-wide school closure of schools in the world – 22 months! Just as U.S. children and youth are experiencing challenges regarding academic, emotional and social health, we are hearing similar stories about the students in the schools we sponsor in Uganda where there are far fewer resources.

September 26, 5:00 p.m. EST. Put it on your calendar! We will hold a ZOOM update for all donors and interested persons. Be sure we have your email! We want to bring you up-to-date, and need your support as we make plans for schools re-opening. Just last week, we received outstanding news for our 12 girls applying for our 4 scholarships to continue their educations. A whopping 9 of these girls scored high enough to be considered, with 6 of those having scores that make acceptance into a school of their choice highly likely.

krma-USPartners has actively sought to staunch the flow of girls dropping out of Kobulubulu schools during Covid-19 by providing sanitary pad sewing classes, tutoring camp, and identifying which girls have not returned to school. Our work has been having an impact in Kobulubulu even during the restrictive months of the pandemic.

We have six girls currently on scholarship: two at university and 4 at boarding schools to complete their last two years of high school. Our first priority was to be sure we supported these girls so that none would succumb to the very real pressures to drop out of their programs, which only recently opened back up.

Our pre-pandemic 2020 trip to Uganda accomplished so much! Since our return, the lockdown throughout Uganda has triggered profound set-backs. We want you, our donors, to know about both.

In late February through March 11, krma-USPartners’ co-founders Lois Stovall and Lindsey Holaday returned to celebrate the conclusion of the Cassava Project collaboration we had launched back in 2013 with KRMA. It was a joyful and tearful occasion with these 22 women who are now totally responsible for managing their 44 acres of cassava. We shared what we had learned, and what we would always cherish.