Raising Voices

The threat of violence in the classroom is one of the many obstacles that prevents Ugandan children from learning. This grant would support Raising Voices to expand its work with schools on developing safer classroom environments in which corporal punishment is banned, teachers elicit more participation from students, and children are given freedom to think critically and creatively as a result. Raising Voices would strengthen its "good schools" approach in the Luwero district by engaging with more schools, facilitating community engagement, and running a district-wide "best teacher" competition to promote classroom changes that improve student achievement.