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