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Where We Work

We’re proud to partner with communities across East Africa to support foundational learning.

Building Tomorrow Uganda
Building Tomorrow Rwanda
Response

Our approach

90% of 10-year-olds in Sub-Saharan Africa can’t read a simple text. We partner with communities and schools across Uganda and Rwanda to change this, and improve literacy and numeracy for all children.

Learn about our impact

More than one million learners reached across East Africa

70.5% of learners achieve their minimum proficiency level in literacy

25,000+ Community Education Volunteers recruited

Learn about our impact

Learners pause for a photo after a R2R camp at Kasikombe Primary School in Mityana District, Uganda.

Where we’re making an impact

We’re relentlessly determined to improve learning, starting at the community level. Our work started in Uganda in 2006. In 2025, we grew our impact to Rwanda.
Read our story

R2R-trained teacher, Connet Katusabe, leads a R2R literacy camp at Iseisa Primary School in Hoima District, Uganda.

Building Tomorrow Uganda

Since 2006, we’ve increased education access and outcomes in Uganda. Our community-powered Roots to Rise program was born and developed here. To date, we’ve supported 47 districts.
Building Tomorrow Uganda

Learners work together during an R2R literacy camp in Ngororero District, Rwanda.

Building Tomorrow Rwanda

We’re partnering with communities in Rwanda to offer our Roots to Rise literacy and numeracy program. In 2025, we selected our inaugural cohort of BT Rwanda Fellows to support this work.
Building Tomorrow Rwanda

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No matter where they live, the need is clear: all children, everywhere, deserve the chance to learn.

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