The Peace School in Bulega, Uganda, was launched in 2008 by Uganda Buddhist Centre founder and abbot the Most Venerable Bhikkhu Buddarakkhita with the aim of providing a high-quality early childhood education program for local children. This project currently supports the education of twelve children. In addition to the Uganda National Curriculum, the school provides mindfulness-based education and teaches the Buddhist values of ethics, compassion, wisdom, African social values and cultures, hand-crafts, and generosity. The children also receive meals and medical checkups.
The Peace School in Bulega, Uganda, was launched in 2008 by Uganda Buddhist Centre founder and abbot the Most Venerable Bhikkhu Buddarakkhita with the aim of providing a high-quality early childhood education program for local children. This project currently supports the education of twelve children. In addition to the Uganda National Curriculum, the school provides mindfulness-based education and teaches the Buddhist values of ethics, compassion, wisdom, African social values and cultures, hand-crafts, and generosity. The children also receive meals and medical checkups.
