51,941
Five years ago, in partnership with Educate A Child, Building Tomorrow made it our mission to enroll 51,000 out-of-school children across Uganda by 2019.
This April, we enrolled our 51,941st out-of-school child. And while we set our sights on enrolling even more children in the coming years, looking back on the last five - it was quite the journey…
Let's start with some simple math:
150
Building Tomorrow Fellows deployed since 2014.
Fellows like...
Michael
![Fellow Michael shows off his school on a hill in the distance](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_michael.jpg)
Cecilia
![Fellow Cecilia smiles and hugs a student](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_cecilia.jpg)
Namata
![Fellow Namata takes a selfie with a group of students](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_namata.jpg)
+
3,400
Community Education Volunteers recruited by Fellows.
CEVs like...
Clementina
![CEV Clementina smiles for the camera in front of her school](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_clementina.jpg)
Bashir
![CEV Bashir helps students inside a classroom](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_bashir.jpg)
Godfrey
Vera
![CEVs Vera and Godfrey laugh at the camera with a group of students](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_vera_godfrey.jpg)
=
612,000
combined hours supporting education
or
70
years
These hundreds of thousands of hours were spent
Traveling to rural and remote areas of Uganda via cramped buses and small motorcycles.
![A Fellow rides a motorcycle down a rural dirt road](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_motorcycle.jpg)
![Fellows walk up a hill towards a church](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_walking.jpg)
Crisscrossing villages and farms on foot.
Engaging school and community leaders to identify children who have left school.
![A group of Fellows, CEVs, and community leaders sit in a circle in discussion inside a classroom](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_engage.jpg)
![Fellows talk with a parent at her home as her child sits on her lap](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_parent.jpg)
Patiently discussing the importance of education with reluctant parents.
Fellows and CEVs revisited discussions and pushed again and again for action until…
An out-of-school child enrolled in school!
All the long hours and weary miles in blistering heat and deafening monsoons, in dust and in sweat to unlock education for children like…
Esther
![Student Emily leans on a tree branch smiling for the camera](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_esther.jpg)
Robert
![Robert takes pencil and paper notes at his desk as he surveys the front of the class](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_robert.jpg)
Vanitah
Emily
![Vanitah and Emily smile for the camera on either side of the CEV that brought them back to school](https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/wp-content/themes/buildingtomorrow19/img/educate51k/51k_emily_vanitah.jpg)
We brought an eager learner to school
every hour
every day
for the past five years.
And when you add them all up, you get
51,941
out-of-school children enrolled
And as we celebrate this accomplishment, we're motivated to dive right back in and continue enrolling out-of-school children until every child receives an inclusive, transformative education.
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