What is Blog Action Day?
Every year since 2007, thousands of bloggers come together for one day to talk about one important issue.
Today we are blogging on behalf of Opportunity International, a global nonprofit organization providing financial resources and training to nearly 5 million people across the developing world. This work helps to give people access to basic human rights and the chance to pursue a better life.
Ridgeway School in Uganda
Evans Ssenabulya and his wife, Roy, live in Uganda with their three daughters under the age of eight. Like every parent, Evans wanted his girls to get a good education. He also noticed how many children in the community, mostly girls, were taken out of school when their families became unable to cover expenses.
In 2007, Evans started Ridgeway School for 100 students in a small wooden building on a rented plot of land. Now, just six years later, he owns the land and has expanded the school into a day and boarding program serving more than 900 students.
Evans says Opportunity International helped take his dreams far beyond what even he thought was possible. Through three loans and a savings account, he also opened a retail store that sells school materials.
And Evans has even bigger dreams!
He plans to further expand Ridgeway School to increase enrollment to 5,000 and add computer technology and life skills to the curriculum to help students better prepare for the future. Thanks to you and other supporters, Evans is unstoppable.
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