大約在 2012 年，當網路逐漸普及，為許多人帶來學習與工作的機會時，我開始思考：對於連基本生活都難以維持的貧困家庭，網路能為他們帶來什麼？

我認為，網路是一個連結人的工具。即使貧困家庭沒有電腦、沒有智慧手機，我們仍然可以透過在地的學校與 NGO，把遠方願意幫助的人與需要支持的孩子連結起來，讓他們也能受益。

從 2013 年起，我在柬埔寨與 TCO NGO 合作，透過家訪、學校出席紀錄及每月援助發放紀錄，嘗試讓大眾的支持成為孩子持續就學的力量。

現在建立烏干達透明助學網站，是希望把這些經驗整理成能夠持續運作的方法。讓學校記錄孩子的就學情況，讓 NGO 協助家庭並追蹤困難，也讓支持者了解資金如何分配、孩子是否持續上學，以及援助帶來哪些改變。

我們希望透過這個平台，讓更多人能共同支持更多孩子，並以清楚、可追蹤的紀錄，建立長期參與的信任。

我們首先關心的，是家庭貧困對孩子持續就學造成的壓力。當家庭需要孩子工作或留在家中幫忙，即使孩子有上學的機會，也可能無法穩定到校。

因此，計畫希望透過每月的家庭教育支持，減輕這種經濟壓力，讓父母更有能力支持孩子上學。這筆支持的目的，是保護孩子的就學機會；生病等合理缺席，不應因此扣減支持。

其次，孩子能否持續就學，需要有人在現場關心。偏遠地區的家訪、交通、家庭聯繫與缺席追蹤，都需要時間與人力。因此，計畫也支持學校與 NGO 完成這些工作，讓孩子遇到困難時，能有人了解原因並協助。

另一個希望改善的問題，是遠方支持者不容易持續了解援助的過程。我們規劃透過網站，把家訪、入學、出席、資金分配與發放紀錄連結起來，在保護孩子隱私的前提下，讓大眾看見援助如何執行，以及哪些問題仍需要處理。

我們希望逐步建立一套由家庭、學校、NGO 及大眾共同參與的方法，讓援助能持續陪伴孩子就學。先從烏干達的小規模試行累積經驗，再評估如何協助更多地區的孩子。

這個計畫規劃由創辦人、在地 NGO、學校、國際志工、當地志工及財務託管者共同參與，讓現場執行、第三方確認與資金管理相互配合。

創辦人負責整體規劃、網站推動與合作協調，將過去的助學經驗整理成現場能夠執行的流程，並與各方持續檢視試行中的問題。

在地 NGO 負責與家庭直接接觸，包括家訪、了解孩子的就學困難、協助入學、安排援助發放及後續追蹤。當孩子持續缺席或家庭遇到問題時，由 NGO 與學校聯繫，了解原因並尋找協助方式。

學校協助確認孩子的入學情況、記錄日常出席，以及提供需要追蹤的訊息。學校與孩子有日常接觸，是了解孩子是否穩定就學的重要合作夥伴。

網站也規劃導入國際志工及當地志工，讓第三方協助確認助學金是否依公布的方式分配，以及受助孩子是否符合計畫的援助條件。國際志工可透過相關紀錄協助比對；當地志工則可透過現場訪查、與家庭及學校聯繫，補充確認實際情況。

平台負責整理家訪、出席、發放與第三方確認紀錄，讓資料能依孩子的固定編號相互對應，並將適合公開的摘要呈現在網站上。志工依工作需要取得資料，同時保護孩子與家庭的隱私。

我們希望財務託管者依雙方同意的合作範圍，協助管理募款、審查支出與辦理付款。正式合作前，將共同確認各項工作的負責人、志工參與方式，以及支出提出、資料核對與付款核准的分工。

我們規劃從在地 NGO 的家訪開始，了解孩子與家庭的實際情況，包括孩子目前是否就學、是否曾中斷上學，以及家庭面臨哪些影響就學的困難。

家訪的重點，是了解援助是否能幫助孩子回到學校，或降低再次失學的風險。例如，家庭是否因經濟壓力需要孩子工作或留在家中，以及除了家庭支持之外，是否還需要學校或其他資源協助。

NGO 使用 Kobo 家訪表單記錄資料。在網路不穩定的地方，可以先離線填寫，待有網路時再上傳。之後與學校核對孩子的入學或就學情況；對尚未入學的孩子，則協助了解可以安排的學校與入學條件。

每名孩子將使用固定的數字編號，從 1001 開始，讓家訪、入學、出席與援助發放紀錄能持續對應同一名孩子。內部資料可保留姓名，方便相關人員辨識；公開網頁則使用編號，保護孩子的個人資料。

除了 NGO 的家訪與學校提供的資料，網站也規劃讓國際志工及當地志工以第三方角色，依共同訂定的援助條件，協助確認孩子的情況是否符合計畫目的。

如果資料有疑問或彼此不一致，將由相關人員與 NGO、學校及家庭進一步了解，留下確認與處理紀錄。最終由約定的負責人，依入選條件及可用資金確認名單。

孩子開始接受支持後，仍需透過出席紀錄、家庭聯繫與適當的第三方追蹤，持續了解援助是否發揮作用。正式的入選條件、志工確認方式、資料存取範圍與核准分工，將在執行前與合作夥伴共同確認。

計畫目標是讓每名核准受助孩子的家庭，每月實際獲得相當於 20 美元的教育保護支持，減輕家庭的經濟壓力，讓父母更有能力支持孩子持續上學。

對於生活困難的家庭，孩子留在家中幫忙或外出工作，可能是家庭維持生計的一部分。我們希望透過穩定的支持，降低家庭對孩子勞動的依賴，讓孩子有更多機會回到教室。這筆支持不是孩子上學的工資，也不是按出席天數計算的獎金。

因此，孩子因生病等合理原因缺席，不應因此扣減支持。出席紀錄的用途，是幫助學校與 NGO 及早發現孩子是否遇到困難，並持續了解援助是否有助於孩子就學。

如果孩子經常或持續缺席，學校與 NGO 會先了解原因，例如疾病、交通困難、家庭照顧責任，或被要求工作，再與家庭討論可以採取的協助方式。需要個別處理的情況，將由相關負責人共同評估並留下後續處理紀錄，不由出席系統自動決定扣款。

我們希望這筆支持與學校、NGO 的持續關心相互配合，讓家庭減輕眼前的生活壓力，也讓孩子能穩定累積學習的機會。

計畫目前規劃，將用於四方分配的資金，依孩童家庭 65%、學校 15%、NGO 15%、平台 5% 的比例安排。家庭每月實際獲得相當於 20 美元的支持，是這項規劃的基礎。

家庭的 65% 是直接支持孩子持續就學的部分。因為家庭實得 20 美元占總分配的 65%，所以每名孩子每月對應的四方分配總額約為 30.77 美元。財務託管、收款、匯款及換匯等費用，仍需與託管者確認後另外清楚揭露，不能將 30.77 美元直接視為已包含所有費用的募款需求。

學校的 15% 支持確認入學、記錄出席、了解缺席原因及與 NGO 聯繫。在使用數位工具記錄與傳遞資料的過程中，也希望逐步提升學校的數位能力，並透過持續合作了解飲水、書本及衛生環境等實際需求。

這部分經費是對學校合作工作的支持，不是給個別老師的出席獎金；其他改善所需資源，依實際需求逐步連結與募集。

NGO 的 15% 支持在地執行。偏遠地區的家訪與發放，需要交通、時間及人力；家庭遇到問題時，也需要有人持續聯繫與追蹤。平台的 5% 支持網站與資料系統的持續維護，讓家訪、出席、資金分配及發放紀錄能被整理與查閱。

我們希望事先把各方的比例與工作說明清楚，後續以紀錄呈現實際分配及發放情況，並讓國際志工與當地志工參與第三方確認。

我們規劃讓每筆援助從款項撥付、在地收款到家庭領取，都留下可以相互核對的紀錄，讓財務託管者與支持者了解資金如何送達受助家庭。

在財務託管合作成立後，專案依約定提出每月援助名單、預計分配金額及相關資料，由託管者依合作規則審查並安排付款。款項透過雙方確認的管道，送至經核實的在地合作方。Wise 與 Mobile Money 是目前考慮的工具，實際採用方式仍需確認可用性與託管者的要求。

助學金原則上請家長到孩子就讀的學校領取。發放時依孩子的固定編號核對家庭，記錄發放日期與金額，並拍下領取照片。若家長無法到校，則由 NGO 人員到家庭發放，同樣記錄日期、金額並拍照回傳。

每月核對原先核准應發多少、在地合作方實際收到多少，以及各家庭實際領取多少。學校、NGO 與平台的分配也分項記錄；匯率、手續費及尚未發放的餘款需清楚說明。

網站規劃以孩子編號呈現每月援助金額、發放日期與確認狀態，並提供適合公開的證明摘要。國際志工及當地志工可依安排參與第三方確認；家庭個人資料及完整收據則限制存取。

如果出現家庭尚未領取、款項有差異或證明待補，將分別記錄並安排追蹤，不將未完成事項標示為已完成。具體流程會在正式執行前與合作夥伴及託管者共同確認。

網站是連結家庭、學校、NGO、志工與支持者的共同資訊平台。我們希望把家訪、入學、每日出席、助學金分配及發放紀錄，依孩子的固定編號整理在一起，讓不同階段的資料能相互對應。

在出席紀錄方面，目前規劃由學校提供每日團體照，運用 AI 協助辨識與整理出席資料，再由相關人員核對。照片不足、辨識不清或網路中斷時，仍需透過人工記錄與補充確認，不能直接把缺少照片視為孩子缺席。

透過 AI 協助處理重複性工作，我們希望節省人力與行政成本，讓在地人員將更多時間投入家訪、家庭聯繫及需要個別協助的孩子。實際節省的成本與資源運用情況，將隨試行逐步評估與記錄。

網站規劃呈現每月分配金額、發放日期與確認狀態，並連結經適當處理的發放紀錄。持續使用數位工具也有助於逐步提升學校的數位能力，並讓飲水、書本及衛生等需求有機會被看見與連結資源。

公開頁面以孩子編號及適合公開的摘要呈現，照片須依同意與隱私原則處理；完整姓名、家庭聯絡方式及其他敏感資料則限制存取。

AI 的作用是協助整理資訊，現場情況、援助資格及個別問題仍由相關人員確認。系統不會因為 AI 辨識結果或單次缺席，自動決定扣減家庭支持。這些功能將分階段建立與測試。

我們希望支持者能了解資金如何分配、家庭是否收到助學金，以及孩子是否持續就學。同時，孩子與家庭的個人資料也需要受到保護。因此，網站規劃將公開的成果紀錄與內部查核資料分開管理。

公開頁面以孩子的固定編號呈現就學、出席及援助發放摘要。完整姓名、家庭聯絡方式、精確住址、GPS 位置及健康等敏感資料，則保留於限制存取的內部資料中。

每日出席照片及家長領取助學金的照片可協助留下執行紀錄。公開展示前仍需確認適當的同意與隱私處理，避免露出可辨識的姓名、收據個資或其他敏感內容；涉及孩子影像時，也應考量孩子的意願，並依需要遮蔽臉部或選用不易辨識身分的畫面。

在地 NGO、學校、財務託管者及參與確認的志工，依各自工作需要取得資料。若需要進一步確認家庭情況，再依約定安排必要的資料查閱或現場了解。

若孩子或家長對照片使用有疑慮，或發現公開資料不適當，應有方式聯繫專案人員，依情況更正、遮蔽或撤下內容。具體同意方式、存取權限及保存期間，將在正式執行前共同確認。

計畫執行中，可能出現資料填寫錯誤、照片或紀錄缺漏、孩子持續缺席，以及發放金額需要進一步核對等情況。我們規劃將這些問題留下紀錄，交由相關人員了解原因、處理並追蹤結果。

如果家訪、入學或出席資料有誤，由 NGO 與學校依原始紀錄及現場情況核對，再修正資料並留下更正原因。照片未上傳或 AI 無法辨識時，先標示為待確認，透過人工補充核對，不直接認定孩子缺席。

如果孩子經常或持續缺席，學校與 NGO 先與家庭聯繫，了解是否因疾病、交通、家庭照顧責任或工作壓力影響就學，再討論可行的協助方式。生病等合理缺席不扣減支持；個別情況不由系統自動扣款。

如果家長尚未領取助學金，先確認原因；無法到校的家庭，由 NGO 安排到家發放。如果發現金額不符，則核對核准金額、在地收款、家庭實領金額、匯率與手續費。未完成發放或仍有疑問的款項，不能直接列為已完成。

志工若發現疑問，也可回報專案。若涉及款項去向不明或疑似不當使用，將通知財務託管者，依共同約定查核並評估後續處理。

網站規劃記錄問題是否待確認、處理中或已完成，並在保護隱私的前提下提供適合公開的處理摘要。具體回報方式、負責人及處理時程，將與合作夥伴共同確認。

目前計畫以烏干達的小規模試行為起點，希望先把家訪、入學確認、出席紀錄、助學金發放及後續核對的流程逐步建立起來，再依實際執行情況與可用資源擴大。

Kobo 家訪表單已完成部署與初步測試。網站已有初步說明內容；AI 協助點名、發放紀錄連結及第三方確認等功能，仍需分階段建立與測試。

目前規劃首期協助 30–40 名孩子。以每名孩子的家庭每月實際獲得相當於 20 美元、占四方分配 65% 的方式估算：

四方分配總額已包含家庭 65%、學校 15%、NGO 15% 及平台 5%。上述金額按未四捨五入比例計算，尚未包含待確認的財務託管、收款、匯款及換匯等費用，也不是已募得的金額。

如果財務託管合作尚未完成，創辦人規劃先以個人資金推動試行，先前估計可支持半年以上；實際可支持的人數與期間，仍需依完整費用及可用預算確認。個人出資的金額與用途也將留下紀錄。

試行期間，我們會逐步了解孩子是否穩定就學、家庭是否按時收到支持、學校與 NGO 能否持續完成紀錄，以及資金是否能相互核對。也會觀察 AI 與數位工具實際節省多少工作時間。

若財務託管申請通過，並陸續有資金與資源投入，平台將依可用資源及在地執行能力逐步增加合作學校與受助孩子。初期 30–40 名孩子是試行起點，不代表追求快速擴張。

我們希望找到認同貧困孩童教育方向的財務託管夥伴，讓來自大眾的支持，能透過清楚的資金管理與在地執行，持續送到需要協助的家庭。

首先，希望共同確認這個計畫是否符合託管者的合作範圍，包括在烏干達提供家庭教育支持，以及依計畫比例支持學校、NGO 與平台的安排。

在資金流程上，希望確認募款如何接收、支出由誰提出與核准，以及款項如何送至在地合作方。家長到學校領取、無法到校時由 NGO 到家庭發放並留下紀錄，是目前規劃的現場做法；仍需討論如何配合託管者查核要求。

在費用方面，希望釐清財務託管、收款、匯款及換匯等成本，並在正式募款前清楚說明，讓家庭每月實際獲得相當於 20 美元的目標，能與完整預算相互對應。

在公開透明方面，每月助學金發放金額及分配對象，將列於公開呈現的上課紀錄表單中。涉及孩子與家庭的部分以固定編號呈現，保護個人資料。

我們也希望確認合作 NGO、學校及收款方需要提供的資料、每月應提交的紀錄，以及國際志工與當地志工的第三方確認如何作為補充。需要進一步查核的完整資料，則依約定的存取方式提供。

若出現款項差異、尚未發放的餘款或其他異常，也希望事先確認聯繫與處理方式。若創辦人先以個人資金試行，則另外釐清後續與託管資金的銜接。

我們期待從小規模試行開始，與託管者共同建立現場能執行、資金能核對、大眾能共同監督的合作方法，再依實際成果與可用資源穩健擴大。

我們希望邀請您一起思考：如果家庭支持、學校參與、NGO 的在地工作、志工的第三方確認，以及網站的公開紀錄能持續配合，是否有機會讓更多貧困孩子回到學校，並穩定地繼續學習？

對家庭而言，每月的教育支持希望減輕眼前的經濟壓力，降低需要孩子工作或留在家中幫忙的情況；配合學校與 NGO 持續關心，讓孩子遇到困難時有人協助。

對偏遠地區而言，交通距離與現場人力仍是實際挑戰。我們希望透過在地 NGO 及志工接觸家庭，搭配數位紀錄與遠端資料核對，減少重複整理與往返查詢所需的時間。AI 若能有效節省行政成本，也能讓更多資源轉用於支持孩子就學。

對學校而言，參與計畫的過程可以逐步提升數位能力，也能讓飲水、書本及衛生環境等需求被看見，進一步尋找資源協助改善。NGO 與當地志工也能在持續合作中累積家庭支持、追蹤與資源連結的經驗。

對大眾而言，公開的上課紀錄表單將就學情況、每月發放金額與分配對象連結起來，配合發放照片及第三方確認，讓支持者更容易了解助學金的用途與流向。

這些效益仍需要透過試行驗證。我們會從孩子是否持續就學、家庭是否按時收到支持、資金能否核對、學校需求是否獲得協助，以及數位工具實際節省多少工作時間等方面，逐步了解成果與限制。

如果這套方法能在烏干達穩定運作，未來希望依不同地區的條件，與更多學校及在地夥伴合作。即使家庭沒有網路或智慧手機，也能透過在地人員與平台的連結，得到來自各地的支持。

我們期待與財務託管者共同探索：如何讓每一筆支持在清楚的管理與公開紀錄下，成為孩子持續就學的力量；又如何從小規模試行累積可供其他地區參考的經驗，逐步為全球貧困孩童的就學問題帶來更多可行的幫助。

Around 2012, as the internet increasingly created opportunities to learn and work, I began to ask what it could offer families in poverty who struggled even to meet basic needs.

I believe the internet is a tool for connecting people. Even where families have no computer or smartphone, local schools and NGOs can connect children needing support with people far away who are willing to help.

From 2013, I worked with TCO NGO in Cambodia, using home visits, school attendance records and monthly assistance-disbursement records to make public support a force helping children stay in school.

Creating the Uganda Transparent Education website now is intended to turn these experiences into a method that can continue to operate: schools record children’s schooling, NGOs help families and follow difficulties, and supporters see how funds are allocated, whether children remain in school and what changes support brings.

Through this platform, we hope more people can support more children together and build trust for long-term participation through clear, traceable records.

Our first concern is the pressure poverty places on a child’s continued schooling. When a family needs a child to work or help at home, even a child with access to school may not be able to attend consistently.

Monthly family education support is intended to ease that pressure and help parents support schooling. Its purpose is to protect the child’s opportunity to learn; reasonable absences such as illness should not reduce support.

Continued schooling also needs people on the ground who care. Home visits in remote areas, transport, family contact and absence follow-up all require time and people. The project therefore supports schools and NGOs in this work so someone can understand and help when a child faces difficulty.

We also want to improve the ability of distant supporters to understand the assistance process over time. The website will connect home visits, enrolment, attendance, allocations and disbursement records, showing how support is delivered and what still needs attention while protecting privacy.

We hope to build, step by step, a method in which families, schools, NGOs and the public participate together. We will first learn from a small pilot in Uganda, then assess how to help children in more areas.

The plan brings together the founder, local NGOs, schools, international volunteers, local volunteers and the fiscal host, so field delivery, independent confirmation and financial management can reinforce each other.

The founder leads overall planning, website development and partnership coordination, turning prior education-support experience into workable field processes and reviewing pilot issues with all parties.

Local NGOs work directly with families: conducting home visits, understanding barriers to schooling, helping with enrolment, arranging assistance disbursement and following up. When a child is repeatedly absent or a family faces a problem, they contact the school to understand the reason and find ways to help.

Schools help confirm enrolment, record daily attendance and provide information requiring follow-up. Their daily contact with children makes them vital partners in understanding whether schooling is stable.

The website also plans to involve international and local volunteers as third parties. They can help confirm that grants follow the published allocation and that supported children meet the project criteria; international volunteers compare relevant records, while local volunteers can supplement this through visits and contact with families and schools.

The platform organises home-visit, attendance, disbursement and third-party-verification records by permanent child ID and presents suitable public summaries. Volunteers receive information needed for their work while child and family privacy is protected.

Within the agreed partnership scope, we hope the fiscal host will help manage fundraising, review expenses and make payments. Before formal collaboration, responsibilities, volunteer participation, submission of expenses, data checks and payment approval will be confirmed together.

We plan to begin with a local NGO home visit to understand the child’s and family’s actual circumstances, including current schooling, interruptions to education and barriers affecting attendance.

The visit asks whether support can help a child return to school or reduce the risk of dropping out again—for example, whether financial pressure requires the child to work or stay home, and whether school or other resources are needed in addition to family support.

The NGO records information in a Kobo home-visit form. It can be completed offline where connectivity is unreliable and uploaded later. The child’s enrolment or schooling is then checked with the school; for children not yet enrolled, available schools and entry conditions are explored.

Each child receives a permanent numeric ID beginning with 1001, so home-visit, enrolment, attendance and disbursement records continue to match the same child. Internal records may retain names for authorised identification; public pages use the ID to protect personal information.

Alongside NGO visits and school information, the website plans for international and local volunteers, as third parties, to help assess whether circumstances meet jointly agreed support criteria.

Where information is questioned or inconsistent, relevant people will seek further clarification from the NGO, school and family and retain a record of confirmation and action. The agreed responsible person confirms the final list according to selection criteria and available funds.

After support begins, attendance records, family contact and appropriate third-party follow-up continue to show whether it is working. Formal criteria, volunteer verification, data-access scope and approval responsibilities will be confirmed with partners before delivery.

The aim is for every approved child’s family to receive the equivalent of US$20 monthly in education-protection support, easing financial pressure and helping parents sustain schooling.

For families in hardship, a child helping at home or working outside may be part of maintaining the household. Stable support aims to reduce reliance on child labour and give children more opportunity to return to the classroom. It is neither wages for school attendance nor a bonus calculated by days present.

Accordingly, reasonable absence such as illness must not reduce support. Attendance records help schools and NGOs notice difficulties early and understand whether assistance is helping the child attend school.

If absence is frequent or ongoing, the school and NGO first explore causes—illness, transport barriers, care duties or pressure to work—and discuss possible help with the family. Cases needing individual treatment are assessed jointly and recorded; the attendance system does not automatically deduct funds.

We hope this support will work alongside continuing care from schools and NGOs, reducing immediate household pressure while enabling children to build steady learning opportunities.

The current plan allocates funds among four parties: 65% to child families, 15% to schools, 15% to NGOs and 5% to the platform. The family’s monthly receipt of the equivalent of US$20 is the basis of this plan.

The family’s 65% is direct support for continued schooling. Because the US$20 received equals 65% of the allocation, the four-party total per child per month is about US$30.77. Fiscal hosting, receiving, remittance and exchange costs must be separately confirmed and disclosed; US$30.77 cannot be treated as a fundraising need that already includes every cost.

The school’s 15% supports enrolment confirmation, attendance recording, understanding absences and NGO communication. As digital tools are used to record and transmit information, it also aims to build digital capacity gradually and identify needs such as water, books and sanitation through continued partnership.

This funding supports the school’s collaborative work; it is not an attendance bonus for individual teachers. Other improvement resources will be connected and raised gradually according to actual need.

The NGO’s 15% supports local delivery. Remote home visits and disbursements require transport, time and staff, and families facing problems need continuing contact and follow-up. The platform’s 5% supports the website and data system so these records can be organised and reviewed.

We want to state each party’s share and work clearly in advance, then document actual allocations and disbursements and involve international and local volunteers in third-party confirmation.

We plan for every assistance payment—from release of funds and local receipt to family collection—to leave records that can be cross-checked, so fiscal hosts and supporters can understand how funds reach families.

Once a fiscal-hosting partnership is established, the project submits the monthly support list, expected allocations and relevant material as agreed; the host reviews them and arranges payment under the partnership rules. Funds travel through a mutually confirmed channel to a verified local partner. Wise and Mobile Money are tools currently under consideration; their actual use depends on availability and host requirements.

Parents normally collect grants at the child’s school. Delivery is checked against the child’s permanent ID, with the date and amount recorded and a collection photo taken. If a parent cannot come to school, NGO staff deliver to the family and likewise record the date and amount and return a photo.

Each month, we compare the amount originally approved, the amount actually received by the local partner and the amount actually collected by each family. School, NGO and platform allocations are separately recorded; exchange rates, fees and undistributed balances must be clearly explained.

The website plans to show monthly support amounts, disbursement dates and confirmation status by child ID, with suitable public evidence summaries. International and local volunteers may take part in third-party confirmation as arranged; personal family information and complete receipts remain restricted.

If a family has not collected support, an amount differs or evidence is outstanding, each case is recorded and followed up rather than marked complete. Detailed processes will be confirmed with partners and the fiscal host before delivery.

The website is a shared information platform linking families, schools, NGOs, volunteers and supporters. It brings home visits, enrolment, daily attendance, grant allocation and disbursement records together under each child’s permanent ID.

For attendance, schools are currently expected to provide daily group photos. AI may assist in identifying and organising attendance data, followed by checks by relevant people. Where photos are insufficient, recognition is unclear or the internet fails, manual records and supplementary confirmation remain necessary; a missing photo cannot itself mean a child was absent.

By helping with repetitive work, AI may save staffing and administrative costs, allowing local teams to spend more time on home visits, family contact and children needing individual help. Actual savings and resource use will be assessed and recorded during the pilot.

The website plans to show monthly allocations, disbursement dates and confirmation status and link appropriately handled disbursement records. Continued use of digital tools can also gradually strengthen school digital capacity and help needs for water, books and sanitation become visible and connected to resources.

Public pages use child IDs and suitable summaries. Images require consent and privacy safeguards; full names, family contact details and other sensitive information have restricted access.

AI helps organise information; field circumstances, eligibility and individual concerns remain for relevant people to confirm. The system will not automatically reduce family support based on AI results or a single absence. These functions will be developed and tested in stages.

We want supporters to understand allocations, whether families receive grants and whether children remain in school. At the same time, children’s and families’ personal data must be protected. Public result records and internal verification information will therefore be managed separately.

Public pages summarise schooling, attendance and grant disbursement by permanent child ID. Full names, family contacts, precise addresses, GPS locations and sensitive data such as health information remain in restricted internal records.

Daily attendance photos and photos of parents collecting grants can document delivery. Before public display, proper consent and privacy handling must be confirmed to avoid exposing identifiable names, receipt data or other sensitive content. For children’s images, their wishes should be considered and faces obscured or less identifiable images used where needed.

Local NGOs, schools, the fiscal host and volunteers participating in verification receive information according to their work needs. If family circumstances need further checking, the necessary access or field inquiry is arranged as agreed.

If a child or parent has concerns about photo use, or finds public information inappropriate, they should be able to contact project staff for correction, masking or removal as appropriate. Consent procedures, access permissions and retention periods will be agreed before formal delivery.

Delivery may involve data-entry errors, missing photos or records, continuing absence and amounts requiring further checks. We plan to record these issues and have relevant people investigate causes, act and follow up results.

If home-visit, enrolment or attendance data are wrong, the NGO and school compare original records and field circumstances, correct the data and retain the reason. When a photo is not uploaded or AI cannot recognise it, the status is pending confirmation and checked manually; the child is not directly deemed absent.

For frequent or continuing absence, the school and NGO contact the family to learn whether illness, transport, care duties or work pressure is affecting schooling, then discuss feasible help. Reasonable absence, including illness, does not reduce support; individual cases are not automatically deducted by the system.

If a parent has not collected a grant, the cause is checked first; for families unable to reach school, the NGO arranges home delivery. If amounts differ, approved amounts, local receipt, family receipt, exchange rates and fees are compared. Incomplete or questioned payments cannot simply be listed as complete.

Volunteers may also report concerns to the project. If the destination of funds is unclear or misuse is suspected, the fiscal host is notified for verification and assessment under shared agreements.

The website plans to record whether an issue is pending, under treatment or complete and to provide suitable public summaries while protecting privacy. Reporting methods, responsible persons and response timelines will be agreed with partners.

The project starts with a small Uganda pilot, first establishing home visits, enrolment confirmation, attendance records, grant disbursement and follow-up checks, then expanding according to actual delivery and available resources.

The Kobo home-visit form has been deployed and initially tested. The website has introductory content; AI-assisted roll call, linked disbursement records and third-party verification still need staged development and testing.

The first phase currently plans to support 30–40 children. Based on families receiving the equivalent of US$20 monthly, representing 65% of the four-party allocation:

The total includes 65% for families, 15% for schools, 15% for NGOs and 5% for the platform. Amounts use unrounded proportions and exclude fiscal hosting, receiving, remittance and exchange costs still to be confirmed; they are not funds already raised.

If fiscal-hosting collaboration is not complete, the founder plans to advance the pilot with personal funds, previously estimated to support more than six months. The actual number of children and duration depend on total costs and available budget. Personal contributions and their uses will also be recorded.

During the pilot, we will learn whether children attend consistently, families receive support on time, schools and NGOs can maintain records, and funds can be cross-checked. We will also observe how much time AI and digital tools actually save.

If the fiscal-hosting application succeeds and funding and resources arrive, the platform will gradually add partner schools and supported children according to resources and local capacity. The initial 30–40 children are a pilot starting point, not a drive for rapid expansion.

We hope to find a fiscal-hosting partner that shares the direction of education for children in poverty, so public support can reach families needing help through clear financial management and local delivery.

First, we hope to confirm whether this project fits the host’s partnership scope, including family education support in Uganda and the planned proportional support for schools, NGOs and the platform.

For the flow of funds, we hope to confirm how donations are received, who submits and approves expenses, and how funds reach local partners. Parent collection at school, or NGO home delivery with records when school collection is impossible, is the current field plan; it must still be aligned with host verification requirements.

For costs, we hope to clarify fiscal hosting, receiving, remittance and currency-exchange expenses and explain them clearly before formal fundraising, so the goal of families actually receiving the equivalent of US$20 each month corresponds with the complete budget.

For public transparency, monthly grant amounts and allocation recipients will be listed in the publicly presented class-record form. Child and family information is represented by permanent IDs to protect personal data.

We also hope to confirm what information partner NGOs, schools and receiving parties provide, which monthly records they submit, and how international and local volunteers’ third-party verification can supplement the process. Full information requiring deeper review is provided through agreed access arrangements.

If payment differences, undistributed balances or other anomalies arise, we also want to agree contact and response procedures in advance. If the founder pilots with personal funds first, the later transition to hosted funds will be clarified separately.

We look forward to beginning with a small pilot and building with the host a method that works in the field, allows funds to be checked and enables public oversight, then growing steadily based on real results and available resources.

We invite you to consider: if family support, school participation, NGOs’ local work, volunteers’ third-party confirmation and the website’s public records can work together over time, could more children in poverty return to school and continue learning steadily?

For families, monthly education support aims to ease immediate financial pressure and reduce the need for children to work or help at home. Together with continued care from schools and NGOs, it means help is available when children face difficulties.

For remote areas, travel distance and field staffing remain real challenges. We hope local NGOs and volunteers can reach families while digital records and remote data checks reduce the time required for repeated collation and back-and-forth enquiries. If AI can effectively reduce administrative costs, more resources can support children’s schooling.

For schools, participation can gradually build digital capacity and make needs such as water, books and sanitation visible, enabling further resource connections for improvement. NGOs and local volunteers can also build experience in family support, follow-up and resource linkage through continued collaboration.

For the public, the class-record form connects schooling status, monthly disbursed amounts and allocation recipients. Together with disbursement photos and third-party confirmation, it helps supporters understand the purpose and path of education grants.

These benefits still require pilot validation. We will gradually understand results and limitations through whether children remain in school, families receive support on time, funds can be checked, school needs receive help and digital tools actually save work time.

If this method can operate reliably in Uganda, we hope to work with more schools and local partners under the conditions of different regions. Even families without internet access or smartphones can receive support from many places through local personnel and the platform.

With fiscal hosts, we hope to explore how every act of support can become a force for continued schooling through clear management and public records—and how a small pilot can build experience useful to other areas and gradually offer more practical help for children in poverty worldwide.