SFF supports BT's efforts in constructing a school called "Barry Segal's Academy" in Uganda
When George Srour, BT founder & executive director, first visited Uganda
as a United Nations intern, he recognized that there was a real and effective
way to help the millions of underserved children throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Inspired and emboldened, he returned to the College of William & Mary, ready
to do his part to help the children he met overseas.
BT currently works in Uganda, identifying areas with, quite simply, the
greatest number of children with the least access to a primary school. In these
areas, BT purchases a plot of land and, with the help of the local community,
constructs a new primary academy. Committees of residents and local leaders are
established to oversee the construction process from start to finish. Upon
completion of the academy, the building is leased to the local government to
manage day-to-day operations under an agreement with BT.
Each BT academy is equipped with seven classrooms (P1 through P7—or the US
equivalent of kindergarten through 6th grade), an office, a library, meeting
space, toilets and a soccer field and has classroom space for 325 students.
BT works with students at over 20 colleges and universities throughout the
US, has a partnership with Key Club International, the world’s largest high
school service organization, and has a growing network of young professionals
through BT’s Social Investment Council.
BT also recently began to work with students of all ages through Sit for
Good–an all-inclusive service learning program targeting elementary, middle and
high school students. To date, hundreds of classrooms across the country have
participated in Sit for Good.
Today, BT has opened seven primary-level academies in Uganda and has
classroom space for over 2,100 students.
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