An auction of striking photographs and a work by a local artist will benefit a nonprofit organization that provides safe transportation and improves school infrastructure in Uganda on Sunday evening at Sole East in Montauk.
Marzena Kosicka, who raised her children in Montauk, founded Wheels for Education Africa, which provides safe, reliable transportation for children and improves essential school infrastructure in remote communities of western Uganda. A photographer, Ms. Kosicka has turned a deep personal connection to the country into a mission to help children safely reach school.
Ms. Kosicka first traveled to Uganda to document the work of a nongovernmental organization operating a school in the rural Crater Lakes region. She returned repeatedly, building relationships with children and families and witnessing their challenges. In the Kabarole District, children in four rural villages often walk nearly two hours each way to school along rough, dangerous roads shared with motorcycles and trucks. During the rainy season, roads become impassable, leaving children soaked, exhausted, or unable to attend school.
Since its founding, Wheels for Education Africa has secured a bus and provided new bathrooms and clean water at two community schools.
Sunday’s fund-raiser is from 6 to 8 p.m., featuring an auction of Ms. Kosicka’s photography along with a work donated by Alicia Suarez, an artist, as well as a market of artisan-made goods, cocktails, and passed hors d’oeuvres. All auction proceeds will benefit Wheels for Education Africa.
Tickets are $150 and available at wheelsforeducationafrica.org/events.
