ALUX Builds School for 60,000 People

We want to leverage our platform to help people in the communities that need it most. When we asked you about it, you said Uganda, so we're here. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Interview International Airport. By the local time, it's 25 minutes past when we launch the Elux app. We promise we'll use part of the revenue to invest in the education of those who don't have access to it. What better way to do that than to build an entire school from the ground up?

Uganda has the youngest population in the world, where the median age is just 15 years old. If other countries suffer from a deficit of young minds, Uganda is rich in that sense. But there is a big problem; the average woman here in Uganda has 5.8 children. That's why there are over 2 million orphans across the country. One in four children do not have access to education because there are simply not enough schools. Well, let's see if we can help with that.

We found out the hard way that building a school anywhere in the world is pretty difficult. It gets even more complicated when you're trying to build a school on a different continent where you don't know anybody or don't even speak the language. On top of it, we're on a deadline. We need to get land, basic construction, and utilities done before the end of the year so we can submit the school for permits and approvals. We're cutting it really, really close.

So we have to make a few new friends. Meet Mihai Brushov, a pastor who, together with his wife Michaela, has been building wells and supporting orphans across Africa. He introduced us to our local contact here, John Katembe, who runs an NGO called The Future for Orphans of Uganda. On top of this, there are two major problems that need solving.

The first one: the school needs to be free for everyone. People here cannot afford to send their young ones to school because they barely have enough money to pay for essential necessities. So it's extremely important that it is free for everyone. This will be a first in the region, and it's mandatory for this project to work.

Secondly, the school needs to be sustainable. That means five years from now, the school is still around and the community around it is still thriving. In order to make that happen, a small school simply wouldn't cut it. So here's what we did: we bought 2.5 acres of land very close to the main road. On it, we're not just building a school but an entire self-sustaining campus.

The school will feature six classrooms that will cover primary education in the mornings. In the afternoon, it will act as a vocational school where young adults can learn real skills like shoemaking, bricklaying, and more. By selling those products, the school will be able to pay for the local teachers. This way, the school can support itself.

The community here doesn't even have access to clean water, so we made it a priority to dig a high-depth well that will be accessible to everyone because the land allows it. The plan is to have a sports base that can bring the local community together and give the kids the opportunity to develop their talents, as well as the development of a small farm on the school grounds.

Lastly, the goal is to build two housing units for international volunteers to have a place to stay if they want to come here and help. It is extremely important to get all the basics done before the end of the year. That way, we can apply for permits, and hopefully the school will open once the next school year starts.

This means the main building needs to be up, utilities fixed, and all the government paperwork sorted out in time. None of this would be possible without you guys downloading and subscribing to the Alux app. This school, this project—it's your project. An online community here on YouTube is actually changing the lives of tens of thousands of people, and we want to keep doing it.

So go to alux.com/app right now and join the movement. Here's what we've done so far.

The community here of students had to drive 60 minutes in order to graduate in the city of Kampala. The community here is made of 60,000 people who don't have the necessary access to education. What about the young children? This is the first Elux International School that will open in Kampala. Thanks to everybody who downloaded the Alux app; keep doing it so we can do more things like this one. Thanks, guys!