Project Shelter Wakadogo, which supports vulnerable and hard to reach children, has been named as one of the top 10 schools in the world by World’s Best School prizes in the Overcoming Adversity category.
The category recognises that adversity will come in many forms for schools, including conflict, climate-related disasters, poverty, or a pandemic.
It assesses how the school builds character, both individually and as a community, to support the greater resilience of all students.
Wakadogo was founded in 2009 in the aftermath of two decades of civil war and violence committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda, which displaced over a million people.
The school, which is…
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