School for Life Foundation

✨ A huge thank you to the Gillespie Family Foundation. ✨

Thanks to your generosity, a new commercial bakery has been built at Mbazzi High School — creating practical learning and employment opportunities for students as they move beyond school. 🍞

We’re already seeing that impact through graduates like Acham Jane Esther. After completing her Certificate in Catering and Home Management, Jane is now working full-time as a baker at Mbazzi. 🥰

For Jane, this is more than employment. It is stability, independence, and the opportunity to build a prosperous future for herself.

The bakery is helping turn education into real pathways for young people, connecting learning with practical skills, income, and long-term opportunity.

Thank you for making that possible. 🙌💙

Growing for the future. 🌱

Students at Katuuso Boarding House recently spent time planting trees around the school grounds, helping create a greener and more welcoming space for the students who live there.

In time, the trees will provide shade, give home to birds and wildlife, and grow alongside the many young people who will call Katuuso home in the years ahead. It’s a simple but important part of creating a place where students can feel safe, settled, and ready to learn. 🥰

✨From Mbazzi student to enrolled nurse. ✨

Congratulations to Emmanuel, who has completed a Certificate in Nursing at the International School of Nursing and Midwifery – Maya. 👏

Now a qualified Enrolled Nurse, Emmanuel has returned to the School for Life community and is working at Mbazzi High School, supporting the health and wellbeing of students each day. 🙌

For students at Mbazzi, access to healthcare at school means they are better supported, safer, and more able to focus on learning. 🥰

It’s incredibly special to see Emmanuel come full circle — from student to healthcare professional — now helping care for the next generation coming through.

Congratulations, Emmanuel. We’re so glad to have you back. 💙

Students recently came together in the school library for a friendly chess competition, spending the afternoon practicing strategy, concentration, and teamwork. 📚

Activities like Chess Club give students the opportunity to build confidence, connect with each other, and enjoy structured time outside the classroom in a safe and supportive environment. 👏

Moments like these are an important part of school life, helping students feel engaged, settled, and excited to learn each day. 💙

If you've been waiting to see the photos from our Gala Ball, the full gallery is now available 📸✨

A special thank you to for capturing the night so beautifully — from the portraits and media wall photos to so many moments shared throughout the evening. What an incredible night it was.

View the gallery here: https://schoolforlifefoundation.pixieset.com/folder/dsgcFiXosr6N/

✨ Saturday night was an extraordinary reminder of what’s possible when a community comes together around education and opportunity. ✨

Together, we raised $6.2 million at the School for Life Gala Ball, the most successful in our history. 👏

The evening was filled with generosity, connection and a shared belief in creating brighter futures for children in Uganda, including women and girls.

One of the most powerful moments came from Diana, who shared her journey from studying by candlelight to now pursuing her dream of studying law so she can become a Parliamentarian and change the status quo for women in Uganda. Her story was a reminder of why our work matters so much and the life-changing impact education can have not just on the life of an individual, but on a family, a community and a nation. 🙌

A sincere thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, partnered with us and celebrated alongside us.

Special thanks to our Presenting Partner ProForce, and to Hamish Blake OAM for once again bringing such generosity, humour and energy to the evening. 💙

This milestone belongs to our incredible community of supporters who continue to believe in the power of education to change lives. Thank you. 🥰

A world of possibility awaits at tonight’s Live Auction. ✨

From a getaway to VOMO Resort Fiji, an exclusive stay at DOMIC Noosa and a luxury escape to Soneva Fushi in the Maldives. To a three-night stay at Holme Station in New Zealand, a gorilla safari adventure in Uganda and a private charter aboard Dancing Queen on Sydney Harbour. Tonight’s prizes are truly something special.
Every bid helps create more opportunities for young people in Uganda through education.

Thank you to our generous Live Auction donors for making these experiences possible. 💫

Our Gala Ball would not be possible without the incredible community of partners and sponsors who continue to stand behind School for Life. ✨

Your support goes far beyond one evening. It helps create access to education, opportunity, and brighter futures for thousands of young people and families in Uganda. Because of your generosity, meaningful change continues to grow across the work we do together. 💛

To our event partners and sponsors, thank you for believing in what’s possible and for helping bring this year’s Gala Ball to life. Your involvement, collaboration and generosity mean so much to School for Life.

We’re proud to have you as part of the community educating poverty out of existence. ✨