The Children’s Academy For the Collective Heart is open for transformation! Our first school in rural Uganda, built in partnership with Debbie Ford’s foundation, The Collective Heart and with support from Cynthia Kersey’s Unstoppable Foundation and the Mark Victor Hansen Foundation, opened in May and the finishing touches are still continuing.

I just received this photo this morning and it made me cry! I have been to dozens of “well established” schools in Uganda. Not one of them had a “No Tolerance Policy on Caning.” “Caning” is just a nice word for beating children in the classroom.

While caning is “illegal” in Uganda, there is seldom punity for this action because it’s so ingrained in the culture. Many times parents, who have been caned themselves, request that their child be “disciplined” in school.

Our counterparts on the ground in Katikamu, where our first school has been completed are educators who believe passionately in the Rights of Children, and with this school, they have the liberty to stand up and declare their beliefs! Thank you so much Ben and Beatrice for working to affect social change at the grass roots. I can’t over-emphasize what a HUGE step this is for the children of Uganda!

Beau Bressler Changes the World One Child at a Time

When Beau Bressler donated all of his Bar Mitzvah money to help build the first Children’s Academy for the Collective Heart in rural Uganda, he changed the lives of thousands of children in the U.S. who learned from his selfless act, and the lives of hundreds of children who will now receive the benefit of a GREAT education. Bless you, Beau! You represent the Globally Conscious future we all need.

The full view of the first Children's Academy of the Global Heart, 3 classrooms plus Headmistress' office

Children learn with Eve, one of the most progressive teachers in Uganda

A visioning exercise conducted with the administration of the school provides a breakthrough mission and vision for a rural Ugandan school. The protocol for the visioning exercise was provided by Debbie Ford's foundation: The Collective Heart. It was warmly embraced by the teachers who want to create a breakthrough school in their country