The Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund

Your donations will directly help orphaned and needy children get better education - whatever your budget.

If donors pay for specific buildings we recognise their contributions with a plaque on the building. It is possible for donors to dedicate the building to a specific person or organisation.

£10 will provide a years supply of exercise books, pens and pencils for a child who cannot afford these vital materials. Pens and paper are prized possessions and children can often struggle to afford the most basic of scholastic materials.

£20 will buy a heavy duty desk and bench for three children currently sitting on the floor. Many children spend over 7 hours every day sitting on mud floors whilst they attempt to learn.

£35 will pay the wages for a teacher for one month. The biggest overhead of any school is its staff. Paying for a full time teacher for one month will help divert the school’s funds towards, for example, developing a library or laboratory.

£60 will pay the secondary school fees for an orphaned child for a whole year. One of the biggest stumbling block to any child is school fees. Although primary education is free, a full secondary education is not. Secondary education is a vital step in providing children with an opportunity to gain further education or training, which can ultimately lead to jobs of real financial value.

£120 will help us build a square metre of a new classroom for children currently sitting on the ground under trees. One of the nastiest blights for any pupil learning outdoors in Uganda are ‘jiggers’. This large tick-like insect burrows into the toes of children making daily life and learning at school incredibly uncomfortable.

£300 will build a single latrine and £1,000 will build a block of four latrines to provide safe sanitation for a school for the next ten years. Many of the latrines are dug by the community and rapidly become unsafe or over-flowing.

£750 will build a teacher’s house and £2,000 will build a block of three houses for teachers’ accommodation (as there are several common walls.) Being a teacher in Uganda is a difficult task. Classes are large and wages are low, particularly in rural schools. Providing teachers accommodation helps alleviate some of the struggle. Teachers’ accommodation enable rural schools to recruit and retain good quality teaching staff, because they do not have a long journey into work, often on foot. More time spent at the school improves academic standards and helps with discipline.

£1,200 will build a water tank to harvest the rain from the roofs of our buildings.

£3,200 will build a dormitory and £6,000 would build two (as there is a common wall between the two rooms.) Dormitories can transform a school. They provide accommodation for orphaned and needy children, create revenue for the school and also help produce the most academic students as they are always on site to learn.

£3,200 will build a 25ft square classroom for 60 children for generations to come. £6,000 would be the cost for two classrooms (as there is a common wall between the two rooms.) A permanent, well built block of classrooms, is one of the most important assets to a school.

£4,500 will build a Science Laboratory and Store Room. This is necessary in Secondary schools in order to take GCSE and A’level science. An extra £1,500 is also needed to buy the minimum equipment in order to do the necessary experiments.




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			Your donations will directly help orphaned and needy children get better education - whatever your budget. If donors pay for specific buildings we recognise their contributions with a plaque on the building. It is possible for donors to dedicate the building to a specific person or organisation. £5 will help buy textbooks. Textbooks are vital to providing a high quality education. Most schools have no textbooks or far too few. There may be only three textbooks for a class of over 100 children. £10 will provide a years supply of exercise books, pens and pencils for a child who cannot afford these vital materials. Pens and paper are prized possessions and children can often struggle to afford the most basic of scholastic materials. £20 will buy a heavy duty desk and bench for three children currently sitting on the floor. Many children spend over 7 hours every day sitting on mud floors whilst they attempt to learn. £35 will pay the wages for a teacher for one month. The biggest overhead of any school is its staff. Paying for a full time teacher for one month will help divert the school’s funds towards, for example, developing a library or laboratory. £60 will pay the secondary school fees for an orphaned child for a whole year. One of the biggest stumbling block to any child is school fees. Although primary education is free, a full secondary education is not. Secondary education is a vital step in providing children with an opportunity to gain further education or training, which can ultimately lead to jobs of real financial value. £120 will help us build a square metre of a new classroom for children currently sitting on the ground under trees. One of the nastiest blights for any pupil learning outdoors in Uganda are ‘jiggers’. This large tick-like insect burrows into the toes of children making daily life and learning at school incredibly uncomfortable. £300 will build a single latrine and £1,000 will build a block of four latrines to provide safe sanitation for a school for the next ten years. Many of the latrines are dug by the community and rapidly become unsafe or over-flowing. £750 will build a teacher’s house and £2,000 will build a block of three houses for teachers’ accommodation (as there are several common walls.) Being a teacher in Uganda is a difficult task. Classes are large and wages are low, particularly in rural schools. Providing teachers accommodation helps alleviate some of the struggle. Teachers’ accommodation enable rural schools to recruit and retain good quality teaching staff, because they do not have a long journey into work, often on foot. More time spent at the school improves academic standards and helps with discipline. £1,200 will build a water tank to harvest the rain from the roofs of our buildings. £3,200 will build a dormitory and £6,000 would build two (as there is a common wall between the two rooms.) Dormitories can transform a school. They provide accommodation for orphaned and needy children, create revenue for the school and also help produce the most academic students as they are always on site to learn. £3,200 will build a 25ft square classroom for 60 children for generations to come. £6,000 would be the cost for two classrooms (as there is a common wall between the two rooms.) A permanent, well built block of classrooms, is one of the most important assets to a school. £4,500 will build a Science Laboratory and Store Room. This is necessary in Secondary schools in order to take GCSE and A’level science. An extra £1,500 is also needed to buy the minimum equipment in order to do the necessary experiments. A SMALL DONATION IN BRITAIN CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN UGANDA.