Mvule Trust is a small charity providing scholarships to young people in their late teens and early 20s. It currently works in thirty of Uganda's poorest districts, where less than 5% of adolescents complete secondary school.

Because Mvule started by funding students who were in their last year of primary school in 2005-6, today most Mvule students are in upper secondary school or in a tertiary institution. Over 450 students are sitting their A level exams in November 201. And about 500 Mvule students are studying to be nurses, midwives, teachers, agriculturalists, foresters or accountants. About 75% of Mvule beneficiaries are girls since females are only a quarter as likely to be in school at age 19 as males.

Since 2006, Mvule Trust has helped over 2500 young people at an average cost of £275 per student per year. In 2010, exactly 80% of its expenditure went on tuition fees, kit and supplies for students, meetings with students and school visits.

Mvule Trust provides career guidance, sexual and reproductive health counseling and practical materials such as stethoscopes, blood pressure machines, gum boots, agricultural tools, math sets, mosquito nets and sanitary towels. It has supported schools with text books, science chemicals and some wood-conserving stoves.

In 2009 The Guardian chose Mvule Trust for its Christmas appeal. Mvule is deeply grateful to The Guardian and its readers for their generosity. Over 4000 readers donated a total of £292,600. These funds enabled Mvule Trust to provide scholarships to 235 young people (73% girls and 27% boys) from Teso region: 49 are now studying agriculture/forestry, 22 are at business college, and 45 are studying nursing, clinical officer or lab technology courses; 11 are at university, 53 in secondary school, 28 on teaching courses, 22 on catering and five for vocational courses like carpentry. Another £100,000 is anticipated as a result of Gift Aid.

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