ChildrenUP at a Glance
Building lives of promise through education.
ChildrenUP supports post-primary education in northern Uganda by offering scholarships to qualified students who would struggle to afford further education.
Students receiving supplies at their boarding school
ChildrenUP works with schools in the following districts: Gulu, Nwoya, Omoro and Amuru of northern Uganda. Our Ugandan office is located in Gulu, Uganda.
ChildrenUP supports post-primary education by offering scholarships to qualified students for further education.
We provide the two-fold package:
Mentoring: Our in-school and student advocates provide for students’ needs and concerns, help with payment of expenses, and foster communication with parents and guardians.
Funding: We pay tuition and fees, room and board, and supplies for each student.
Our selection criteria is based on students with strong primary 7 leaving exam grades, strong work ethics, financial need and family support for education
We select our students by reviewing the results from the district’s mock exams at the end of primary seven. This establishes a beginning list of possible beneficiaries. Only after the ChildrenUP Uganda staff interviews the student, the teachers and the family does a particular young person become a beneficiary.
We strive to invite equal numbers of young men and women who meet the criteria.
ChildrenUP provides funding six years of post primary education.
ChildrenUP offers limited scholarships for advanced studies.
The Ugandan Educational System:
Seven years of primary school
Four years O levels [Ordinary secondary school]
Students can then go to one of the following:
A levels [Advanced secondary school]
Certificate program
Student can then go to one of the following:
Diploma program
Degree programs
Ages of the students completing grade 7 range from 12 to 18 because of the availability of primary education in the different districts.
ChildrenUP has brought educational opportunity to 91 students from 2008- 2025.
We have 34 secondary students in 2025.
17 students are in higher education in 2025.
Our student alumni are in the following fields: Nursing, Medical Lab Technician, Engineering, Computer Science, Fashion Design and Teaching.
ChildrenUP has a success rate of 85%.
Example of expenses for one year in the 2025
Student Support
Mentoring
Supplies
Tuition
Total
Senior 1 student
$221
$223
$1,179
$1,623
Senior 4 student
$223
$75.54
$1159
$1,458
ChildrenUP strives to put the highest percentage of donations to fund our educational mission:
Our net income is safely managed so that these students have the funds for 6 years of education if they annually met our criteria of strong grades, discipline and communication with the mentors.
Our volunteer Board members on average provide over 65 hours/week doing the work of ChildrenUP.