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Narrator: Since 2012, BCG has partnered
with Teach for All, a network for independent organizations
focused on expanding educational opportunities.
Teach for Uganda is one of Teach for All's
newest network members, and a flagship member in Africa.
Founded in 2017, Teach for Uganda believes
that investing in young leaders
will transform Ugandan society.
-: The employment world is looking for young people
with a lot of skills, a lot of opportunities.
And to me, I think this fellowship is the best platform
for me to exercise and discover who I am,
and the purpose I have for this country
and this world at large.
-: Today, Uganda is facing an education crisis.
We have over 11 million children in primary school alone.
Among these, 65% drop out before completing primary school.
70% between grades three and seven
are not able to read a grade two book.
55% of the same group are not competent in grade two math.
The nature of the crisis cannot be conveyed
by numbers alone.
Since formal education was introduced in Uganda
over five decades ago,
the emphasis has been on literacy and numeracy.
Young people are not taught the competencies of leadership
and problem solving for their communities
and ethical and moral leadership for their country.
-: At Teach for Uganda, we recruit top university graduates
and young professionals for two-year fellowships.
We invest heavily in our Fellows' training,
and place them in high-need, underserved,
public primary schools across the country.
There they serve as full-time teachers
and community-based social entrepreneurs.
We have ambitious goals for the near future.
Currently, we have 65 Fellows teaching full-time
in 33 schools, impacting over 20,000 students.
Over the next five years, we want to grow to 500 Fellows,
impacting 250,000 students.
-: I was not going to school before Teach for Uganda
because my grandparents did not allow me to go to school.
When the Teach for Uganda teacher came at home
he told them to take me back to school,
and then they took me back.
Narrator: Teach for Uganda
has a lot of innovative activities,
but they needed a concrete growth strategy
to pull it all together.
In 2020, BCG partnered with Teach for Uganda,
to develop a five-year growth strategy
with three objectives.
One: Codify a five-year strategic plan
and an implementation roadmap.
Two: Develop an end-to-end fundraising approach.
Three: Provide benchmarks, tools, and coaching
to enable operational excellence.
Our consultants worked closely with Teach for Uganda team,
to understand what Teach for Uganda does
on a day-to-day basis and how BCG can be most impactful.
-: We worked shoulder-to-shoulder
with the Teach for Uganda team
in developing the plan together,
through visits, workshops, and even during lunch hours.
One of the other things that stood out to me
was visiting one of the primary schools.
We accompanied Teach for Uganda,
where some of their Fellows were placed.
It was very exciting to see how the Fellows work
not only with students, but also the broader community,
and how engaged everyone was.
Narrator: In addition to achieving
the project's objectives together,
the partnership between TFU and BCG
promoted a culture of learning and collaboration,
which is important for an organization
that is focused on leadership and innovation.
-: It has not only brought insights, ideas, and innovations,
but it also has been able to point to our blind spots.
There is no way we would have had the resources
and the capacity to achieve what we've been able to achieve
amidst this pandemic,
if we hadn't had the opportunity to partner with BCG.
-: We're very proud to be working
with Teach for All in Africa.
Our goal is to support
the organization's expansion across the continent,
using our capabilities in innovation and people development.
Our for strategic partnership with Teach for All
is all about our shared commitment
to delivering impact at scale, in this case
by bringing resources, solutions, and creative collaboration
to leaders like Kassaga, who can rapidly drive impact.
-: I want to be a teacher,
I want to help other pupils,
and I want to show them love
like the love that the teachers of Teach for Uganda give me.
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