It's Christmas! Let's come together to give a truly lasting gift: the gift of education.

This holiday season, we are partnering with Small Steps Foundation, a charitable organisation that provides inclusive preschool education for children with learning disabilities in Uganda.

Your donation will help Small Steps Foundation provide a safe and stimulating environment for children with disabilities that include Down's Syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, and hydrocephalus to learn alongside and be accepted by their peers.

Children with disabilities in Uganda face difficulty accessing education due to lack of access, stigma and lack of resources. Small Steps Foundations believes that all children deserve the right to an education and that early intervention and inclusion are key to providing a better life for the child and their whole family.

How you can help!

Donate for yourself, or as a Christmas gift for others. Your donations will be used towards the ongoing cost of the Small Steps Foundation special needs program at Glory Be Nursery as well as outreach programs designed to enable families to support their children financially and practically.

One-Off Donations:

$25 - a locally made supportive chair for a child who needs physical support

$50 - lunch and materials for a "Siblings Fun Day" to provide 10 young carers respite and counselling

$100 - 12 school uniforms

$200 - a small business grant for the family of a disabled child to expand a current business to increase their income-generating capacity.

$300 - a year's worth of stationery supplies for 200 children

$500 - a start-up grant for a small business for a family of a disabled child to provide them with a secure income in a way that is flexible to their family's complex situation

Monthly Donations:

$10 p/m - transport to twice weekly physiotherapy sessions for one child

$25 p/m - stationary supplies for 200 children

$35 p/m - water and soap to keep the environment sanitised and the children safe

$100 p/m - salary for a specialist learning assistant to support a child with special needs to access mainstream education