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
Distance Support Program
Distance Support is a program that consists in taking care of a child in a vulnerable condition and accompanying them in their education. In fact, when the women of MPI discovered their infinite value, they desired a place for their children where they could also encounter what they had found. For this reason, MPI founded the Luigi Giussani schools. These schools are now part of this educational journey: places where children can belong and discover that everyone is made for beauty. A network of social workers and assistants from AVSI or its partners takes care of the child’s needs, establishing a personal relationship. They ensure that every child in the program has access to education and has everything they need to go to school, that they have at least one meal a day and a healthy diet, that they receive the necessary medical care.
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 women’s desire, also 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 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.