Victoria Beach (née Bateman EOG 63-68) was awarded an MBE last year for her services to empowering girls in Uganda.
Vicki is passionate about holistic education and has spent much of her life dedicated to providing quality education to girls from nursery to post UCE (GCSE equivalent) in Uganda. She started working with one girls’ primary school in rural Uganda several years ago and it is now the top performing school in the District out of 68 schools. Vicki says: “Village life is tough; many children do not go to school or drop out, crops are unreliable, and children are hungry.”
She is the founding Trustee of RedEarth Village Schools Uganda, a charity focused on funding projects which improve learning outcomes, vocational skills, health and nutrition, particularly for girls.
Vicki continues: “I am hugely proud of what has been achieved in the 20 years I have been working in Uganda in partnership with school managements - there is so much more that I hope to achieve across the community and beyond, trying to make a difference to each and every Ugandan girl’s childhood - giving them hope for a bright future”.
Vicki now needs to raise £20,000 to fund a new Science block at Bishop Willigers School, to ensure chemistry, biology and physics can be taught with maximum effectiveness due to their compulsory nature up to UCE in Uganda. As well as monetary donations, Vicki is also looking for brass instruments to be donated, to help start up a fledging Brass Band there.
Vicki is a role model and inspiration to us all. If you can help Vicki in any way, please get in touch with her at: [email protected].
More information about RedEarth Village Schools Uganda can be found at: www.redearthschools.com