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I want to thank everyone who has donated, given their time, or prayed to help grow Rising Star Junior School.  It was back in 2008 Ryan gave everything he had and much of what he didn’t have to open a school in Uganda.  We’re currently educating nearly 400 vulnerable and orphaned children.  Expecting not more than 50 students at the start, the current situation was unexpected, but welcomed.  With that unexpected growth, we had to improvise with temporary classes, water shortage, and lack of funds.  But because of all of your generous givings, we’re able to keep up with the demand.  Without your continuous help, we’d be nowhere.

When we opened our doors in 2012, we saw children that had no educational background, that were orphaned and needy, some whose home conditions were leading to death, and nearly all who had little hope of a future.  At Rising Star, we teach these children that they are valuable, that they are respected, and that they are loved.

The current need we are facing is that the school currently needs new Preschool and Kindergaden class rooms. The current temporary shcak is now unsafe for the kids to be in.  We are hoping that with your help and the purchase of a shirt we will be able to build the 2 new classrooms and keep the kids safe and give them a better environemet for learning.

We are also asking that once you recieve your shirt that you take a photo with it on and post it on social media with the Hashtag #ThereIsAlwaysHope So that we can collect the photos to send to the children so they can see who supported them and gave them Hope. Because together we ARE World Changers!! :)