RHAC-Uganda’s Girls’ Education Program is designed to break down the barriers that prevent girls from accessing and completing quality education. These programs are especially vital in regions where poverty, cultural norms, conflict, or gender-based violence limit girls’ opportunities to learn and thrive. With the theme “The Brighter future Starts at School Program”

🎓 Key Features of RHAC-Uganda’s Girls’ Education Program

💰 Financial Support

Cash transfers or scholarships to help families afford school costs

Capitation grants to schools to eliminate registration fees

📣 Behavior Change Communication

Community outreach and radio campaigns to shift social norms

Promotes the value of educating girls and delaying early marriage

🏫 School Improvement

Training for teachers and school managers

Investments in infrastructure to make schools safer and more inclusive

📊 Research & Monitoring

Studies to understand why girls drop out

Data-driven strategies to improve retention and learning outcomes.

In Uganda, every academic year it is estimated approximately  788,000 girls enrolled in Primary 1, but around 253,275 sits in Secondary 4. this program aims to close that gap.

Advocating  for compulsory education for all school going children.

Behavior Change Approach community engagement to change attitudes toward girls’ education

provides scholarship opportunities for girls from economically vulnerable background to ensure they achieve their dreams and break through the barriers.
Every day, girls face barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility. Girls’ education is a strategic development priority for RHAC-Uganda.

Our Education Support Program

Our educational support program includes, advocacy on budgetary allocation, provision of free sanitary pads to all adolescent girls at school, compulsory education for all children of school going age, equitable and quality education for all children, and provision of scholastic materials to schools and learners, as well as provision of bursaries and scholarships to vulnerable children. Click DOWNLOAD to get your copy of the application.