Education is their future

Education is the one investment no one can ever take away.

We fund school scholarships for girls in the Adjumani refugee district in northern Uganda — together with the Jesuit Refugee Service and in the spirit of Father Frido Pflüger. When you support one girl, you support a whole community.

Every gift counts — a full school year costs about €800.

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Two students in front of their school in Adjumani, northern Uganda — Foto: JRS Uganda · Sensitive images modified with AI – the people shown are not real.

Our promise

100 % of your donation go directly into scholarships.

Administrative costs are covered privately by the founding members — anchored in our statutes.

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Impact

Small numbers that change everything.

24 children supported

18 of them girls

100% stay in school

€800 fund one school year

We primarily support girls, but occasionally also include gifted boys.
As of school year 2024/25

Funding target 2026

2,285 € / 30,000 € target

As of: Juli 2026 · Every gift moves the bar.

Jo sits upright and confident in front of a blackboard — Foto: JRS Uganda · Sensitive images modified with AI – the people shown are not real.

One of 24

Jo would have been married at 15.

At around 15, Jo was on the verge of marriage. A scholarship let her stay in school — and changed her path. Today she is class representative.

She wants to become a midwife: not just anywhere, but in her own settlement, so that mothers there can give birth safely. A school place that becomes a whole working life.

I want to become a midwife so mothers in my settlement can give birth safely.

Children per woman

Every educated woman directly influences three to six children — through what she passes on, earns and lives by.

~40

Pupils per class

If a scholar becomes a teacher, she reaches around 40 children per class, year after year.

150–300

Births per year

If she becomes a midwife, she attends 150 to 300 births a year — safely, in a region where that saves lives.

In the Adjumani region, JRS-associated girls' education has reached around 30,000 girls over the years (source: JRS).

What we believe in

A good education is becoming ever more of a privilege — we want to push back against that and help as many children as possible benefit from it. Our educational ideal is built on respect, equality of opportunity and the nurturing of every single child. We are convinced that education is far more than the transfer of knowledge: it strengthens self-confidence, a sense of responsibility and the ability to actively shape one's own future. Throughout, the dignity, individual talents and holistic development of each child remain at the heart of everything we do.

How it works

From contribution to school place — in three clear steps.

JRS selects

Our partner on the ground, the Jesuit Refugee Service, knows the families in the Adjumani district and chooses the girls for whom a school place changes everything.

We fund it — 100%

€800 cover a full school year: school fees, materials, hygiene products, boarding and local mentoring. Every euro donated flows into scholarships.

The girls stay in school

As of school year 2024/25, 100% of the children we support stay in school. An education no one can ever take away.

See the full flow of funds and the €800 breakdown →

Join us

Become part of Frido’s Friends.

A regular membership gives a girl planning security for the whole school year. Just €75 a month cover a complete school year — school fees, materials, hygiene products, boarding for those whose school commute is too far, and local mentoring.

Prefer to give once? That works too — via betterplace.org, including a tax receipt. Donate now →

Give a gift

A gift that works.

For a birthday, a wedding, or Christmas — give a donation in your name and give a girl in northern Uganda a piece of her future. Made in minutes, ready as a printable PDF.

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Why we do this

“Accompaniment, not just aid.” — Father Frido Pflüger SJ understood education in Adjumani as a service to human dignity. Seven friends from Kolleg St. Blasien carry on his work.

Meet Father Frido →

Accompaniment, not just aid.

A school year costs €800. Your membership turns it into a reliable future for one girl.

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