Our Name
“Stella”, my mother, taught me by her example how fierce determination can achieve great things. But she taught me something else as well, which I now realise is so much more important that I am dedicating the rest of my life to it. The “Rosie” in the Stella-Rosie Foundation is my husband’s late wife and the mother of my step-daughter. She missed three...
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Our Students
We have a network of public school administrators who introduce us to their best students in hopes of helping them advance. But in rural societies, simple word of mouth works wonders when children hear that someone may be able to help them go to school. Finding candidates is the easiest part of our job. The hardest part is deciding which candidates to support. They are...
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Help Us
If you are moved to help Ugandan children like James, Annette, Gidion and Sylvia, please send a check or click on the link to donate by credit card. We thank you!The Stella-Rosie Foundation is a non-profit organization headquartered in the United States, and contributions to it are tax-deductible. Our officers and directors are all volunteers, and every dollar...
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What We Do
We take the children to their schools, pay and keep records of all expenses, find places for the orphans who have no homes to stay during school holidays and buy food for them, and accompany younger children who do have relatives to their home villages during breaks , often an eight-hour bus ride. Once each trimester, boarding schools have a “Parents’ Day” when...
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Our Mission
The purpose of our foundation is to place deserving children in private schools so they can take advantage of the opportunities provided by such schools. We do not want anyone to think that we are criticising Uganda for its public educational system. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa with a population of 31 million. Education is a high priority for the...
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About Uganda
Uganda is located in East Africa, and occupies a fertile plateau on the equator about the size of Oregon. Towering mountains form its western border with Rwanda and Congo, and the source of the Nile River in Jinja is a short distance from the capital of Kampala. It has a stable government and rich agricultural resource but little manufacturing, and except for export crops...
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About Us
We are a not for profit organization dedicated to helping deserving children attend private schools in Uganda. Our Board Members are:
Stephen Oleskey is a senior partner in the law firm of Wilmer Hale in Boston, MA. He has been honored by the American Bar Association for his pro bono work over many years.
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How We Help
Like many poor countries (and some not so poor), Uganda has a system of rigorous tests designed to winnow out all but the “brightest” children for secondary and university education. These are nothing like the standardized achievement tests that students take in the United States.
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How You Can Help
If you are moved to help Ugandan children like James, Annette, Gidion and Sylvia, please send a check or click on the link to donate by credit card. We thank you!
