Beacon students need your help!
Help Save Second Term: Beacon students are working hard. Candidate students, S4 and S6, recently took mock exams developed by their teachers that imitate national exams. Next they’ll complete practice tests compiled by teachers from other schools. Both sets of exams...
Malaria cases rise all over Uganda
At the end of May, the Ugandan government reported an alarming surge in malaria in several large regions across the country, including Busoga, Lango, Acholi, Tooro and West Nile. The cause of this increase is unknown, but the ministry of health reported a 50% increase...
Urban slum dwellers suffer disproportionately high rates of malaria
Pilgrim Africa was honored to be a part of the first-ever Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) for indoor residual spraying (IRS) in five urban slums of Kampala District, Uganda, carried out in January 2022. As part of the PPP IRS pilot, Pilgrim Africa (PA) conducted a...
Beacon of Hope: Ready for Routine!
For ⅔ of our students, January 10, 2022 marked the first time back to any kind of school since March of 2020, when students were sent home after only a month of school. Without access to remote learning, these students were out of school for the past two years. BOHC...
Celebrating Malaria Awareness Day
Conquering Death, Conquering Malaria As we celebrate Jesus’ Resurrection, we take joy in the emergence of light and possibility. In alignment with 2022 World Malaria Day’s message of "strengthening country ownership," Pilgrim Africa collaborated with multiple partners...
Pilgrim Africa Participates in Malaria Free Uganda’s First-ever Public-Private Partnership for Indoor Residual Spraying
Pilgrim Africa is proud to have collaborated in a pioneering effort as part of the Government of Uganda’s response to fight malaria among the most vulnerable, particularly women and children. We partnered with Uganda's National Malaria Control Division (NMCD), Malaria...
KRMP Phase II Results
It is with great pleasure that we announce the completion of the Katakwi Rotary Malaria Project (KRMP) Phase II endline survey, and with it the operational research phase of this incredible project! This project has been a remarkable collaboration between the National...
Pilgrim Africa Earns Coveted 4-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
Pilgrim Africa has received a coveted four-star rating from Charity Navigator, the nation’s top charity evaluator. The rating is based on Pilgrim Africa's demonstration of strong financial health and its commitment to accountability and transparency. Since 2002,...
Construction of COVID Triage Center
Thank you to all of our supporters for making the construction of the COVID Triage Center at Beacon of Hope College possible! Construction workers have been working long hours in order to prepare the campus for the arrival of medical staff, volunteers, and patients...
Fundraising Goal Reached for COVID Triage Center
We have received many generous gifts from supporters like you, the Pilgrim Staff, and the Pilgrim Board, and are excited to share that we have raised our goal of $40,000 for the COVID Triage Center at Beacon of Hope! The COVID Triage Center is in the process of being...
COVID Violence in Africa
SOWETO, South Africa—Sello Kgoale watched his neighbors shuttling back and forth with looted liquor, refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. There were no police at a nearby mall, they told him, so the 46-year-old father of three joined the thousands-strong mob...
GoFundMe for COVID Triage Center
(This GoFundMe campaign has been completed) COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout Africa. The BBC says “Uganda is of particular concern, recording a 131% week-on-week rise in cases, with isolation centres and intensive care units under strain." Fewer than 2% of the...
Second Covid Wave in Uganda
On Sunday the President of Uganda announced that all schools will be closed for the next 42 days, and that only local travel will be allowed as they have started to see a significant second wave of COVID-19. Just like the first wave, Uganda is acting firmly to keep...
World Malaria Day 2021
On April 25, we celebrated World Malaria Day! World Malaria Day is when we mark successes in the fight against malaria, highlight the responsibility we all have to end malaria within a generation and urge leaders to step up the fight and get us closer to a...
National Exams
National exam dates are quickly approaching for the candidate students at Beacon of Hope School! Our Senior 4 students start their exams on February 26th, and our Senior 6 students start their exams on April 9th. Both teachers and students have been working hard to...
A Word from Our CEO
CEO Dorothy Echodu shares how Pilgrim Africa has been on the forefront of the COVID-19 response in Uganda.
KRMP Update
As COVID-19 sweeps through Uganda, our Village Health Teams (VHTs) have had to adapt to new safety guidelines. Finishing out Phase II of the KRMP malaria study, the VHTs are actively serving children who are suffering with malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea. But now,...
Beacon of Hope Update
For many students in the U.S., the pandemic has forced them to engage in online learning for the rest of this school year, and possibly the next. But how is the pandemic affecting our students at Beacon of Hope, many who do not have access to a computer or Wifi,...
Project Ranger Partnership
Earlier this month, Pilgrim Africa entered an amazing partnership with Project Ranger, a consortium of conservation organizations headed by the Great Plains Foundation, in an effort to protect the endangered wild mountain gorillas in Uganda. COVID-19 has threatened...
Introducing Remote Learning at Beacon of Hope School
We’ve just received a $23k grant to do remote education at Beacon of Hope School. A massive THANK YOU to The Allen Family Foundation for this game-changing grant! We can now purchase tablets and internet access for all 80 A-level candidate students and instructors for...