The Life Care Academy was started by  Ugandan pastor, Emmanuel Kamuli in 2009, with only the support of his church, to provide schooling (and food) to needy children in the local area.  

Life Care Academy now offers preschool to year 7 classes for over 200 children.  The school has good academic results and caring teachers. 

The children get two meals a day.  Food is provided at the mid-morning break (black tea and a small snack) and at lunch, usually bean stew with rice or maize meal. 

Some of the pupils have parents who can pay a subsidised fee to the school, others (mainly orphans, or from single parent families, or those with sick parents) are sponsored. 

Rakai is a poor rural area southwest of Kampala.  The Rakai school was funded by the Side by Side church of Orange County, California, and Pastor Kamuli managed the building of the school.  It has now been operating for over 15 years.  

Classes are from preschool (age three to five) to primary 7 (age around 13) and of the 300 children, around 60 board at the school, either because of homelessness or because their relatives live too far from the school.  Staff also live at the site. 

The Rakai school is well constructed with permanent facilities and has gained full government accreditation.  It has more than 20 staff, including 16 teachers teaching ten school classes (three pre-school/infants plus seven primary classes.

Few families in the Rakai district can afford more than nominal fees, and many of the pupils are sponsored, and there are many more children in the area who need sponsorship.

Many of the students who do well at our primary schools are unable to continue to secondary education, so the Grace Care team are building a secondary school.  Less than a quarter of Ugandan children attend secondary school.  In a country with high youth unemployment, the prospects for a child without secondary education are very limited.

Our school is under construction on a 2 acre site 30 km southwest of Kampala.  This makes it a very strategic area for a high school, with a growing local population.  The planned school will include boarding facilities, which will enable sponsored children from both primary schools to attend the school.

The first 3 story building has been constructed to lock up stage.  The architect plan for the site, when completed, would cater for up to 450 children, but development will be staged.  We hope to open the school with up to 70 pupils in the short term, but need significant funds to complete the initial buildings required.