Transforming education in rural Uganda, together.
Our Model School: Global Leaders Primary
Since 2016, Global Leaders Primary School has grown into a model Nursery - Primary 7 institution in the heart of Uganda.
Our students consistently excel academically, with many pursuing further education and breaking generational poverty cycles. As a demonstration school, we share best practices with visiting educators and Sister Schools, expanding our impact to improve education for thousands of children across rural Uganda.
Scaling our Model:
Sister Schools Network
In the rural Amolatar District of north-central Uganda, access to quality education and opportunities is scarce. We collaborate with a network of local government schools and provide teacher training at our model school. Over the next decade, our goal is to transform education resources at all 64 schools in the district, enhancing educational resources, teacher training, girls empowerment programs and overall education outcomes on a district-wide scale.
Our Programs
Digital Literacy
We are changing the landscape of education in rural Uganda through our demonstration school, Global Leaders Primary, and training rural teachers in innovative education technology solutions and bridging the digital divide in Amolatar District.
Skills for Life + Girls Empowerment
Our Skills for Life program was designed specifically to help keep more girls in school. This program equips youth with important life skills that are otherwise not accessed in the classroom.
Schools for Schools: Global Citizenship
Our Schools for Schools program fosters partnerships between rural Ugandan schools and international "sister schools." Students from these partnered schools learn about each other’s culture and collaborate to design and fund initiatives that promote educational equity.
Teacher Training
We offer free teacher training to educators within our Sister School Network, empowering them to enhance education in their own classrooms and schools. This initiative scales our impact and uplifts educational standards across the network.
School Meals
Through our school meals program, we ensure 500 students receive daily nourishment in a community where nearly half of the children lack access to three meals a day. Your support enables students to receive consistent access to food.
Local Leadership: Meet Collines
Collines Angwech was born & raised in Amolatar, Uganda during the height of the LRA War. To evade abduction by the Lord’s Resistance Army, Collines became a “night commuter”, leaving her home and boarding school every evening alongside her classmates to hide during raids. Despite the challenges she faced having grown up in a war-zone, and helping her own teen mother raise her siblings after her father passed away, Collines was able to obtain a scholarship through an international NGO to finish her education and attend University, representing less than 1% of women in her community to achieve a Bachelor’s degree. Collines’ vision to leverage her education to help uplift resources for students in her own community inspired her, and her friends from Colorado to start Far Away Friends with the aim of empowering more youth in rural Uganda to achieve their dreams, too. Collines still lives & works in Northern Uganda, implementing our programs full time as Country Director.
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Watch our short Documentary
Embark on a journey of global education with Far Away Friends in our latest short documentary! Witness the impact of cross-cultural collaboration as we empower the next generation of leaders in rural Uganda.