More than 150 children are currently enrolled at Our Hearts free preschool and elementary school where they are taught English, reading, writing, science, and math, as well as provided with daily lunches. Our school also teaches adult classes and holds weekly women empowerment meetings. The school has a community garden where community members can learn how to grow crops. The garden is also used to feed the kids at school. There are many after school activities for the students, as well, such as chess club, soccer, and debate. Before Our Hearts for Africans was established in 2019, children in Bunio had no education, and the ones that did had to walk for hours to find any other school.

In 2019, Paul Kulabako started Our Hearts for Africans because he was inspired by the struggles he went through as a child growing up in poverty in Uganda and spent a significant part of his childhood making bricks to generate enough income for his siblings to be able to get an education. Paul would walk hours to school every day because he knew at an early age that education is the key to alleviating poverty and creating a better life for oneself. Paul now owns and operates Our Hearts for Africans with a mission to bring education, empowerment, and basic needs to the community of Bunio. Paul’s story is a testament to the power of education, determination, and love.

Many children in Africa have to travel long distances to get to school, making it harder to attend class and leading to higher dropout rates. We have eliminated this problem in the community of Bunio by establishing a free school in February in which kids within the community can easily get to. Additionally, school fees and expenses are a big reason that children can’t attend school. We have eliminated this problem in Bunio by providing free education to orphans and children from poor families. The biggest factor is hunger, which is the most immediate need compared to education. Our Hearts for Africans orphanage school provides our children with meals so that they are full of energy, and ready to learn.