Education - Family to Family Program

Give Us Wings helps children and adults access life-changing educational experiences through our Family to Family program. The program connects families in Uganda with donors in the U.S. for an enriching partnership.

The Family to Family Program is an opportunity to create a long-term and meaningful relationship with a family in Uganda while supporting a child’s education and the family's overall health and well-being.

Your partnership makes it possible for one child from your partner Ugandan family to access educational excellence and for the whole family to have greater access to quality health and economic opportunities. Your partnership helps parents to provide a stable and healthy environment where their children can grow and thrive. 

Each sponsored student is enrolled in a supportive local private boarding school. Their family attends workshops on parenting, business, health, nutrition, and receives health insurance at Give Us Wings' health clinic, St. John's Kayoro Health Center. 

The Family to Family Process

When you invest in the Family to Family program, you are partnered with a Ugandan family. Your introductory packet includes:

  • A family photo with names of parents and family members

  • Name, age and grade level of the student you will be sponsoring

  • A description of where they live and details about how the parent(s) earn a living, including any special circumstances

  • A detailed guide, including guidelines for writing to your partner family

  • You will be given the opportunity to renew every year. It is our hope that students and their families will be sponsored through the end of secondary school.

Once you’re a partner, you will receive the following twice per year:

  • Family-specific and community-wide detailed updates regarding education, health and economic status

  • Photos of the sponsored student and family

  • Updates about your sponsored student's academic progress

  • Personalized letters and/or drawings from the student and family

Your partner family will receive:

  • Tuition, room and board, school fees and all required scholastic materials and supplies for one child in a private school

  • Health Insurance for the family (up to 8 members) at St. John’s Kayoro Health Center

  • Parent Forums offering seminars and training on parenting, health, nutrition and business

  • Children's Forums & Community Involvement

  • Regular home visits from Give Us Wings Uganda staff

  • Access to business mentoring and small business loans through involvement with multipurpose business cooperative

See what it’s like to be a Family to Family Partner

Become a Family to Family Partner!

Choose from two types of partnerships. Once you select your option below, you will have the ability to select Single Payment (up front) or Multiple Payment (quarterly or monthly).

Full Partnership: $1,750/year

You will partner one-on-one with a family in Uganda

Shared Partnership: $875/year

You and other donors will partner with the same family in Uganda.

It is our hope that students and their families will be able to stay enrolled in the program until the student finishes schooling (secondary school plus two years to get a certificate in a specific skill). We understand that your circumstances may change however, so we give you an opportunity to renew each year.

  • “I am very excited for my child to be among the lucky children who are enrolled in the program. The letters from the family means a lot to me—it means they really love us.”

    — Grace in Uganda

  • "My husband, son and I love being part of the Family to Family program. We truly feel like we are improving the quality of their lives and that is so rewarding. We get letters, drawings, updates and school reports and we are so proud. It's amazing to see the difference our donations can make in the life of a child and their family in Uganda!"

    — Ashley in US

  • “Give Us Wings has really helped my sister because we could not have managed to educate my sister. She would now be in the village, even married perhaps. Thank you for supporting us.”

    —Berna in Uganda

  • “I thank the donors for taking my child to a better school that I could not afford. The child has improved and now she speaks English and teachers her other siblings at home.”

    — Caroline in Uganda

  • "My family is proud to partner with a young girl named Ritah and her family. Ritah is now in Secondary School. We love having the opportunity to correspond with her and feel a strong connection to her and feel invested in her life. We are proud to partner with her family."

    — Katie in US

  • “Odoi has developed a high self-esteem unlike before when fellow students use to bully him at school. This is a result of attending children’s forums organized by Give Us Wings. He is very proud of Give Us Wings, as are we as a family.”

    —Miriam in Uganda

  • “Thank you for making my future bright because I am already seeing it and people are seeing me also like someone important, mostly those from my village. If it was not for your support I do not know where I would be.”

    —Mary in Uganda

  • "The best part of being a partner family is getting the letters from Namata to get to know her better and to connect with her personally – we are looking forward to her growth and hope that we can inspire her just as much as she inspires us! "

    —Janet in US

  • "At the most recent child forum the topic was child rights and responsibilities. I learned that as a child I have many rights and responsibilities as follows: a right to food, a right to medication, a right to education, a right to clothing, among others. Thank you Give Us Wings."

    — Owor in Uganda

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