Child sponsorship in action

Amongin Grace was sponsored from the age of ten, meaning she could complete her primary education at Adodoi primary school in Uganda and go on to secondary school.

Thanks to her sponsorship and to the government’s universal secondary education scheme, Grace, now 19, says she benefited from an improved learning environment that had better desks and sanitary facilities, and which prioritised girls' education and the prevention of violence against girls.

"I'm now working very hard to ensure I become a nurse, to serve my people in the newly constructed health centre in my village."