<strong>Why a boarding school in Uganda?</strong>

The inspiration of this project was a challenge to Father Julius Turyatoranwa (the project <img class="attachment-post-thumbnail  alignright" src="http://www.buildinghopeinkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BHIK-U-logo-for-website-2.bmp" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 60vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" alt="" width="262" height="257" />Founder) by his retreat director (a bishop) who, during his annual retreat in 2012 told Fr. Julius to reach out beyond his family to help others. Fr. Julius believes that creating a premier quality boarding school will help to break the generational cycle of poverty and tap into the potential of poor and vulnerable children to grow into future innovators and inventors.
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After times of prayer and consultation, the school project started to take shape conceptually in 2015. In the following year 2016 the initial architectural design work started. The plan is to build and operate a boarding school that will house and educate 500 (or more) children ages 4-14. The vision also includes fostering a “sister school” relationship between the new school and St. Patrick School in Washington, IL, USA, and in developing adult mission trips to Uganda to enable adult supporters to create a better understanding of the school, culture and interaction with the students.</p>
Funding for building the school, and subsequently for operating the school, will be provided primarily through fundraising efforts in the USA and tuition and fees charged from students.  The student body at the new school will consist of a combination of students whose families will pay tuition and students who will need sponsors. It is projected that 50% of the future students will need sponsors mainly from the USA. In order to achieve this goal, we have formed a Not For Profit corporation called <strong>Building Hope in Kids - Uganda</strong> that will help us raise funds for construction and operation of the school.