Building Tomorrow's mission is community-powered learning, with a vision of literacy and numeracy for all children.
Nearly nine out of every 10 children in Sub-Saharan Africa cannot read and understand a simple text by the age of 10, and approximately 202 million of Sub-Saharan Africa’s school-aged children cannot read, write, or perform basic math. Without these foundational skills, learners are more likely to drop out of school, impeding academic success and limiting prospects for future employment.
To combat these challenges, Building Tomorrow equips Community Education Teams – comprising Building Tomorrow Fellows, Community Education Volunteers, and Roots to Rise-trained teachers – to support education in rural, underserved areas in East Africa. Through this model, we have reached more than 600,000 learners with our signature Roots to Rise foundational literacy and numeracy camps since 2022, cutting learning poverty for more than three-quarters of our learners.
Anthony Kunya, a Roots to Rise-trained teacher, leads a numeracy camp in Panyolo village in Kaliro District.
Monica, a Roots to Rise teacher at Bululu Primary School in Bugiri District, Uganda, leads a literacy activity.
A learner at Bululu Primary School in Bugiri District, Uganda, works on “String of Syllables,” a Roots to Rise literacy activity.