Education
“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 Busingye
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
Women assisted by MPI – rediscovering their human value and desire to live – wished for their children to receive the same education and to discover their infinite value. Two schools were born from this desire thanks to AVSI: the Luigi Giussani Pre-Primary and Primary School in the area of Kireka and Luigi Giussani High School, in Kamuli road.
Luigi Giussani Pre-primary and Primary School
Since 2004, in Kireka (Acholi Quarters), MPI has operated a Day Care Centre for children who were left unattended while their parents were at work.
Over time, it became evident that a Primary School was needed — not only to accompany the natural growth of these children, but above all to ensure continuity in the educational approach established by the Day Care Centre.
The Luigi Giussani Pre-Primary and Primary School was therefore built in the heart of the Kireka slum to offer an opportunity to the least and the most forgotten. Today, it hosts Nursery , around 90 children and Primary 1–7 classes with over 430 students.
Luigi Giussani High School
On February 3; 2012, the Luigi Giussani High School was officially inaugurated — a place that today welcomes more than 650 boys and girls from the whole city of Kampala.
This school was born from the desire of the MPI women, the mothers of children attending school today. Its construction was made possible thanks to 48.000 colorful necklaces, hand-crafted from recycled paper by the women of MPI and sold by over 1.300 volunteers of AVSI Points, a network of AVSI 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 - LGIHE
In September 2013, Luigi Giussani Institute of Higher Education obtained accreditation as an institution of higher learning by the National Council of Higher Education (NCHE). LGIHE focuses on promoting professional growth among educators through trainings, workshops, seminars, and community dialogue with civic leaders.
