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The Muhaire Education Trust Fund (METF) has called upon well-wishers and philanthropists to join it in funding the education of needy students across the country.

Speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday, Dr William Tsimwa Muhairwe, the founder of METF, said this year the organisation was only able to sponsor eight students, leaving out 142 deserving students due to a shortage of funds.

"This initiative started because I came from a very underprivileged background. We struggled with school fees, but some people helped us. Our parents could borrow from others, and our good grades kept us going. I feel the need to give back, but I can’t find those people who helped us, so I am paying it forward," Dr Muhairwe said.

He added that proceeds from his book Make Public Enterprises Work and 5 percent of the profits from his companies, 2ML Consulting Ltd and Tracecorps Solutions Ltd, are channelled into the fund, which is exclusively dedicated to educating underprivileged individuals.

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