Ep 42: She Was 22. Now She’s Built Three Schools and Changed 4,500 Lives in Uganda
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At just 22, Annabelle Chauncy arrived in Uganda with the ambition to build a school.She was young, white, privileged and entering a community that had already been promised a school by a Westerner who never returned. The parents had every reason to be suspicious. Why should they trust her with their children, and how could she create change without imposing her own beliefs about what that change should look like?Eighteen years later, School for Life has established three schools, impacted more than 4,500 lives and developed a hub and spoke model that supports other schools throughout the Ugandan community.In this episode of Stretton Unfiltered, Annabelle shares what it took to turn one enormous idea into a sustainable organisation. She talks about earning trust, listening to the community, raising money from the other side of the world and learning that real change can only be created with people, never done to them.She also shares the story of a young girl whose mother expected her to leave school after year four and marry. Today, that young woman is studying accounting at university.We hear how School for Life survived two years of classroom closures by delivering lessons, food and hygiene supplies on motorbikes, how 97 percent of its students returned, and how growing from one school to three in just two years nearly broke the organisation.This is an honest conversation about the lotto of life, the complexity of privilege and the extraordinary difference education can make when communities are given the opportunity to lead their own change.Connect with us on socials🎧 Stretton Unfiltered Instagram 🎧 Stretton Unfiltered Facebook🌸 Annah Stretton TikTok🌸 Annah Stretton Instagram 🌸 Annah Stretton Facebook🌸 Join our VIP page 🌸 www.annahstretton.co.nzSHOP OUR BOOKS 📖Rag Trade To Mag Trade:Ebook available here Order the physical book here 📚Grit Before Grace:Ebook available hereOrder the physical book here 📚Wise Heart:Ebook available hereOrder the physical book here 📚
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