One of the Ik tribal students with her mother.
Uganda
Ik Education
The Ik people, a marginalized community of
13,000 who traditionally are hunters, beekeepers,
and farmers, live in the newly formed
Kaabong District in northeast Uganda.
Resources are very scarce; there are no Ik
teachers or nurses, because until quite recently
the Ik have had no schools. Now there are 2
primary schools and more Ik parents are
beginning to understand the value of education
for their children. But they rarely have money
to send their children to the boarding schools,
hours away from their villages. The Ik people
are respected as a peaceful culture. Through the
Kotido Peace Initiative’s Ik Education
Program, Global Family provides funds for 40
Ik children at Komukuny Girls and Komukuny
Boys Primary Schools as well as students in
secondary school. Items like food, clothing,
soap, pens and pencils, a sleeping mat, a jerry
can for water, a school uniform or shoes are
provided as needed. *2008-09 fully sponsored
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