The Ten Eighteen Literacy Program that our Expat Money community founded in November 2021 is an "anti-traditional” education for the girls we support in Uganda.

Let's illustrate with a story:

In 2014, Ten Eighteen did a week-long basketball camp for 40 kids in the Namuwongo slum. They had some great ideas, one of which was to get a long roll of white paper, tack it to the wall in a continuous piece, and let each child write or draw whatever they wanted in their own space.

There were markers, crayons, and finger paints — the team was excited to see how it came out...

How it came out was 40 individual spaces that all looked almost identical to each other... each one had an airplane, a teacup, a house, and a tree. Each airplane was drawn in an identical style. Same with the other subjects. IDENTICAL. The only differences were colours or medium or finesse due to age.

Frankly, it was super depressing. These kids didn't all go to the same school. They weren't related. They shouldn't be drawing the same four things. Yet there it was.

That sums up Ugandan education: rote learning, with no creativity or individuality allowed.

But not at Ten Eighteen’s Touch the Slum!

We believe in creativity. We believe in problem-solving. We believe that each girl is an individual and should be able to express herself. The girls in the Literacy program actually have an advantage over girls who have been to traditional schools because they were never indoctrinated into the cookie-cutter sameness that their peers were.

Continuing the Literacy program this year has been one of the highlights of our partnership with Ten Eighteen Uganda, our Charity of Choice. The joy it brings to these girls when they find out they can learn, that they aren't stupid and that they do have value... it's truly amazing.

Our community fundraising page is up for the 2024 Literacy Program to continue this amazing work through next year. Our goal is $10,000, and we’re over halfway there — will you donate today?

Watch This Video:

https://donorbox.org/expat-money-year-end-fundraiser-literacy-2023

Speak soon,

Mikkel

PS. Ten Eighteen Uganda is our Charity of Choice here at Expat Money, their literacy program was started by our community at the end of 2021 and is one we plan on supporting yearly. You can learn more about how our community has helped here.

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