Education and Child Support
“Education does not only take place in the classroom, it does not only mean understanding mathematics, but we truly educate when we connect the other to the infinite, when we allow the other to discover its precious content and that of others”.
-Rose
Distant Support Program
Meeting Point International through a project with AVSI Foundation, Support International and Insieme Si Puo’ has created a program that links Ugandan children with private donors who provide educational and other activities support.
Luigi Giussani Schools
The women assisted by MPI, taking part of this experience, wanted to give the same education they are receiving from MPI to their own children. Two schools were born from this desire thanks to AVSI: the Luigi Giussani Pre-Primary and Primary School, attended by 450 children, in the area of Kireka, and Luigi Giussani High School, attended by 537 students in Kamuli road.
1) Luigi Giussani Pre-primary And Primary School
In Kireka (Acholi Quarters) since 2004 MPI has implemented a Day Care Centre for children who were unguarded during working hours. With time it was found necessary to continue with a Primary School, not only because of the natural growth of the children, but mainly to give continuity to the educative methodology started with the Day Care Centre. The Luigi Giussani Pre-Primary and Primary School has been built in the heart of the Kireka slum to give a chance to the least of the last. It is already in use for Nursery and P1-P7 classes, with 280 pupils regularly attending lessons this year.
2) Luigi Giussani High School
Luigi Giussani High School in Kampala, Uganda celebrated its inauguration February 3, 2012: A high school for 400 boys and girls from Kireka, made possible thanks to 48,000 necklaces made of colorful recycled paper by the women of Meeting Point International and sold by over 1,300 volunteers of AVSI Point, a network of supporters, at booths, involving entire companies as well as single colleagues, family and friends. A sign of a friendship that is beyond all borders and which continues to grow.
Luigi Giussani Institute Of Higher Education
Luigi Giussani Institute of Higher Education (LGIHE) is a non-profit organization founded from the experience of Meeting Point International and Fondazione AVSI, an international non-profit, non-governmental organization established in Italy in 1972. LGIHE focuses on promoting professional growth among educators through trainings, workshops, seminars, and community dialogue with civic leaders.
