Make Your Mark(et) is Back!
Purchase items through our online market to help equip nearly 300 students at Rukundo Preparatory School for the 2026 school year. As our students reach new academic heights, their needs grow too.
Your Make Your Mark(et) purchase helps provide:
- Daily School Meals
- Classroom Supplies
- Exam Preparation Materials
- Teacher Support
- Seeds & Livestock For Family Stability
Items start at just 50 cents, but every gift plays a role in helping students like Rinah—and hundreds of others—walk confidently into the future.
Meet Rinah
“I grew up at Rukundo”
Rinah has been part of the Rukundo family since nursery school. She is one of eight siblings in a household where poverty and alcoholism shaped daily life—and where education once felt out of reach. Like many children in her community, Rinah and her siblings spent their early years working to help support their family, caring for one another and doing what was necessary to survive.
Without Rukundo, school would not have been an option for Rinah—or for her brother Marvin, who is now also a Rukundo Scholar. Together, their story reflects what happens when a family is given not charity, but consistent opportunity.
When Rinah first arrived at Rukundo, she was quiet and reserved. Over the years, supported by dedicated teachers and generous sponsors like you, while surrounded by stability, encouragement, and high expectations, she began to find her voice. That growth became clear during student leadership elections, when Rinah delivered a powerful speech on discipline, service, and faith. Her peers responded by electing her Liturgy Prefect, a role in which she now serves as a prayer and moral leader among her classmates.
Rinah has also completed Rukundo’s Girls Empowerment Program, where she received a goat to help support her family—building both economic resilience and confidence. Today, she stands not only as a role model to younger girls, but as one of Rukundo’s pioneer Primary grade 7 (P7) students.
This year is especially significant. Rinah and her P7 classmates are preparing to sit for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE)—a national exam in Uganda that determines whether a student can move on to secondary (high) school. For many children, the PLE is a barrier. For Rinah, it represents something extraordinary: the chance to finish primary school, continue her education, and change the trajectory of her life.
Her journey is proof of what happens when a child is given time, love, and quality education—year after year.
Support students like Rinah to learn, thrive, and reach their full potential.
Come back throughout the month to track our progress. Every purchase moves us closer to ensuring that every child is equipped, nourished, and ready to learn. Will you help us set our students up for success?
Why This Market Matters
This year is especially meaningful. Since opening our doors in 2018, we have added one grade level every single year—starting with nursery school and growing alongside our students. In 2026, we celebrate a milestone we once only dreamed of:
Rukundo Preparatory School now offers the full course of primary education—Nursery through Primary 7.
Our very first students are preparing to sit for the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE)—the national exam that determines access to secondary school, scholarships, and future opportunities.
We could not have come this far without you.
Become a $1 a Day Donor
The best way to support the mission and programs of Rukundo International is to become a $1 a Day Donor. Your $30 monthly gift sustains our work year-round and ensures students continue to thrive beyond February.