Since 2014, we have worked closely with Sky Is the Limit Centre to give 400 vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Fort Portal, Uganda the best opportunities possible.
We have been working closely with our partner, Sky Is The Limit Children’s Centre, since 2014 to give vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Fort Portal, Uganda the best opportunities possible.
With the Sky Is The Limit Primary School and Nursery, we support 397 children aged 3-14 years old. There are three students with special educational needs: one is deaf/dumb while the other two have learning difficulties. The school offers places to children in and around Fort Portal, whose parents are too poor to pay the school fees expected at other educational institutions. Rose Mugenyi, Founder of Sky Is The Limit believed that all children deserve a good quality education in order to create happy, healthy and meaningful lives – a belief that continues to be upheld by the staff of Sky Is The Limit today. Children are supported through their education through sponsorships paid by our generous donors. In fact, some of our donors continue to support the children from Sky Is The Limit up until they have completed University.
At Sky Is The Limit School, the children’s wellbeing always comes first as they are encouraged to reach for the stars. We run a school meals programme, where children are given a nutritious hot lunch and porridge every day as a means of overcoming the severe levels of malnutrition within the communities. This sets the children up to have enough energy to learn and play, while also contributing positively to their physical development as children.
There are still children at Sky Is The Limit who need your help as they fulfil their educational journey.
Together with Sky Is The Limit, we support the disadvantaged children and young people of Fort Portal, Uganda in many ways.
Offering vocational and life skills to children and young people at the Sky is The Limit 8-acre Farm and the Tailor Shop.
Since 2014, we have funded over 510,600 school meals to children at Sky Is The Limit School which improves their ability to concentrate and provides them with the vital nutrition they need for healthy development. Provided sources of clean and free water to children by building two wells – one at Noah’s Ark and one at the school. Continued to provide educational materials such as textbooks, desks, chairs and lesson materials for the school.
Our Child Sponsorship programme supports bright youngsters to through Primary school and continue on to Secondary School and Higher Education. Since 2014, we have supported 116 children to complete Primary education and move onto to Secondary and Higher education.
We have sourced funding for fruit trees and livestock for the 8-acre farm, as well as sewing machines and materials for the tailor shop.
We built a new kitchen and dining hall to serve as a community space for functions and give the children a place to enjoy their lunches while being protected from the elements.
In partnership with My Book Buddy, we brought books in abundance to the school – enough for each of the 7 classrooms to have their own fully stocked bookcase.
We built a brick 3-Classroom block to replace the wooden classrooms that were eaten by termites, with thanks to the Toy Trust.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, we have provided emergency funding to:
Support the wages of 22 teachers at the school for 9 months while the school was closed due to lockdowns.
Built handwashing stations outside each classroom.
Support additional provisions of soap, medications and food/hygiene supplies.
We provided 39,891 school meals for 400 children for the whole school year to keep them healthy, engaged in their school work and able to play spots with their friends.
A thank you message from Sky Is The Limit’s Founder, Rose Mugenyi, who sadly passed away in December 2021.
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Susie has 30+ experience as a creative copywriter, editor, and proofreader, starting out as a 20-year-old copywriter in the Mad Men world of early 1990s advertising in South Africa. Ever since, she’s had a love affair with creative conceptualisation, thinking outside of the box, writing to a deadline, and being thrown in the deep end!
She took an MSc in Publishing at Edinburgh Napier University as a mature student, in 2015, and continues to keep herself busy working as a copy-editor, proofreader and copywriter in book publishing, corporate communications, and publishing project management.
Apart from her love of working with independent authors, Susie has a fondness for working in the third sector and likes to use her corporate communications and marketing experience to support projects close to her heart. She has lived and worked in the Findhorn area for 25 years, and has been involved in a number of third sector projects and organisations, and family businesses.
Working at Ecologia Youth Trust helps Susie to live in integrity with her values of supporting the next generation to be the best that they can be, and she sees it as a way to give back to Mama Africa, the beloved continent on which she was born.
Ellen joined the Ecologia team in June 2018 as Marketing and Communications Manager. Ellen has lived in Scotland for 6 years and has worked for non-profit and charitable organisations across varied fields. She currently shares her passion for helping young people through Ecologia Youth Trust and she works as a dancer and dance teacher in her spare time.
Robyn is the Associate Director of International Projects, having previously worked within the team as a Project Development and Marketing Officer from April 2019 until May 2021. As Associate Director, Robyn is co-leading the International side of Ecologia with Founder and Director, Liza Hollingshead, bringing a new energy into Ecologia as they look towards the future of the charity.
Liza is the founder of Ecologia and Director of International Projects. She was born and educated in South Africa and worked there as a high school teacher. She moved to live in the Findhorn Community in 1974. She started Ecologia in 1995 after being introduced to Dmitry Morozov, the founder of Kitezh Children’s Community in Russia, and was inspired to support the community in its mission to rescue orphaned children from institutions and give them homes, families and education in a supportive environment.
This led to projects supporting disadvantaged youth and children in South East Asia and in East Africa. TRead more about Liza’s story here.
