DE Get involved

The Project

Adjumani in northern Uganda — where a school place decides everything.

Around two million refugees live in Uganda — many of them in the Adjumani district in the north of the country. Girls are especially excluded here: early marriage at 14 to 16 is common, and access to school is far from a given. Education is the only sustainable way out of this cycle — and that is exactly where we begin.

A schoolgirl stands in a sunlit school corridor in Adjumani

Adjumani, northern Uganda

For a girl, the future begins with a safe way to school.

Foto: JRS Uganda · Sensitive images modified with AI – the people shown are not real.

What €800 covers

One scholarship carries an entire school year — in full.

100% of school fees
The full place at a secondary school. At our request, JRS also ensures that parents, where possible, contribute a share themselves. This strengthens local ownership.
School materials
Notebooks, pens, books and a uniform — everything a girl needs to keep up from her very first day.
Hygiene products incl. menstrual supplies
So that no girl misses school days for lack of supplies.
Boarding — for girls whose journey to school is too far
Not all scholars board; only those whose journey to school is too far live in the dormitory during the week. This keeps attending school reliably possible.
Mentoring by local companions
Accompaniment, not just aid: people on the ground who strengthen every girl throughout the school year. It is the perspective that education opens that changes the dynamics of early marriage.

The flow of funds

From your donation to a school place — four clear steps.

  1. 1

    Your donation

    As a member or with a one-off gift, you give the first impulse.

  2. 2

    Frido’s Friends pools and transfers

    We pool the contributions and transfer them quarterly to the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS).

  3. 3

    JRS makes payments and in-kind contributions and monitors spending

    Our partner on the ground makes payments and in-kind contributions and monitors how funds are spent — no detour, no administrative costs in Germany.

  4. 4

    The girl stays in school

    A contribution becomes a school place: as of the 2024/25 school year, 100% of supported children stay in school.

A group of seven schoolgirls in red-and-white uniforms stand together confidently

Stronger together

Every girl we support changes more than a single life.

Foto: JRS Uganda · Sensitive images modified with AI – the people shown are not real.

Our partner

The Jesuit Refugee Service — rooted in Adjumani for decades.

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has been firmly established in the Adjumani district for many years. It knows the families, the schools and the teachers — and, together with them, selects the girls for whom a school place changes everything.

The Jesuit Refugee Service in Uganda is our implementing partner and administers the scholarships funded by Frido’s Friends as part of its country programme. Discover JRS Uganda →

JRS works to clear safeguarding standards: of our scholars, only first names and career aspirations are made public — no surnames, no family or location details. The dignity and safety of the girls come first.

Father Frido Pflüger SJ worked with JRS in East Africa for many years — from 2003 in Adjumani, later as Regional Director for East Africa and, most recently, as Country Director in Uganda. This long-grown relationship is the foundation of our work.

Get involved

Give a girl an entire school year.

€800 carries one year — school fees, materials, hygiene products, boarding and accompaniment. Your membership turns it into a dependable future.

Get involved Donate now