Our charity, based in the small Normandy village of Saint Lucien, works with some of the poorest people in Uganda. There are 18 “Dreamscheme” groups around the capital, Kampala, and the second city, Jinja. Our Ugandan partners are part of the Dream Scheme network. They are led by volunteers who care for their communities; men and women of principle who have a desire to improve the conditions of their fellow citizens, both young and old.

For each hour that they work, they earn not money but points. When they have collected enough, they are rewarded with a treat. Often this is a day out; many village children have never visited the next town let alone the capital, only an hour’s drive away! For urban children, the reward may be a video evening, using their leader’s television.

For us these are small things; for children with nothing they improve the quality of life enormously.

The principles - WORK POINTS REWARDS
We want to have as our starting point the idea that children - even the most disadvantaged - are capable of doing wonderful things; and that they can gain pleasure in return.

Outside their hours in the classroom, primary school children (many of them AIDS orphans) learn skills and go out to give something back to other people in their communities, Among a range of projects, they repair the homes of elderly people; they clean village water sources and tidy up around markets, giving a practical lead to their parents; they plant flowers and trees to improve the environment.

For each hour that they work, they earn not money but points. When they have collected enough, they are rewarded with a treat. Often this is a day out; many village children have never visited the next town let alone the capital, only an hour’s drive away! For urban children, the reward may be a video evening, using their leader’s television.

For us these are small things; for children with nothing they improve the quality of life enormously.

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