Somero e.V. is a winner of the Social
Committment Award of the Alumni Society
of the Friedrich-
Ebert-Stiftung e.V.
Uganda
Five Facts
- Only 56% of Ugandans have completed primary school
- There are twice as many illiterate women as illiterate men in Uganda
- In Ugandan primary schools, one teacher teaches on average 51 students
- Of five girls starting in first grade, only one usually makes it to the fifth grade
- Of the two million orphans in Uganda, one million are orphans due to HIV/AIDS in their families