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December 2, 2025

Support Mirembe Words of Wisdom

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support Mirembe Words of Wisdom as we continue nurturing confidence, resilience, and wellbeing among students and families in Uganda.

Mirembe’s work centers on school-based programs, storytelling, mentorship, literacy, and family engagement. Through your support, our team can reach more schools, provide culturally grounded wellbeing programs, and offer books and materials that help students grow socially, emotionally, and academically.

Your contribution helps support:

  • Travel for team members to reach school sites across Uganda
  • Books, literacy resources, and educational materials
  • School-based wellbeing programs including mentorship circles, reading days, and resilience-building sessions
  • Community outreach, parent engagement, and opportunities for children to develop leadership

Your generosity ensures that Mirembe continues to grow with students and families who look to us for support.

Ways to Give:

Visit our donation page: mirembe.org/donate

By Check, Mailed to: 


C/O Yvonne Ssempijja
6025 N. Green Bay Ave.
2nd Floor,
Glendale, WI 53209

Thank you for supporting this growing work.

Sincerely,

Yvonne Ssempijja
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Mirembe Words of Wisdom Reading Program helps boost the literacy rate of students in the Central Region of Uganda by offering a mobile library that delivers books.

After carefully guided conversations with local communities, we reached a collective decision on basic ways to improve education outcomes for the region. Fostering a Reading culture was a pathway we chose. The task was to build collaboration and partnerships wit local primary schools as well as the families and communities they serve. Our initiatives include: Reading Program • Women’s Health & Wellness • Children’s Garden & Nutrition • General & Oral Hygiene • Community Building & Mental Wellness • Children’s Tree Planting Initiative

Program Impact

Student Participants

Books Donated Thus Far

Dedicated Volunteers

Girls in the Reading Program

Boys in the Reading Program

Number of Schools in Program

At the March School Meeting, students learned where some former reading materials of ours have traveled. A native Ugandan who has lived in the States for thirty years brought them to the central part of the country, near Mityana. She set up a mobile check out system and students from twelve schools are enjoying them immensely.
Stephanie Haupt

Administrative Assistant, Richards Elementary

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