• This marks the logistics group's first partnership in Africa with theTeach For All network
• DHL volunteers will equipstudents with skills and experiences needed to enter the working world

KAMPALA, UGANDA - Media OutReach - 17 July, 2019 - DHL Express, DHLGlobal Forwarding and DHL Supply Chain, part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group(DPDHL Group), launched apartnership today with Teach For Uganda, a network partner of Teach For All, toeradicate education inequity, raise a nation of true leaders and promote educational opportunities and employability for young people in Uganda.This marks DPDHL Group's 18^th partnership with Teach For All underthe new strategic framework[1], a focus to nurture employability and lifeskills of young people from difficult socio-economic backgrounds around the world, and its first partnershipin Africa.

From L-R: Fatma Abubakar, Country Manager, DHL Express Uganda; Paul Erongot, Country Manager, DHL Global Forwarding Uganda; Zachary Mukwaya, General Manager, DHL Supply Chain Uganda; James Kassaga Arinaitwe, Co-founder and CEO, Teach for Uganda; Sheila Kangwagye, Board Member, Teach for Uganda.

James Kassaga Arinaitwe, Founder and CEO of Teach For Uganda, said, "We believe in thepotential of all children to thrive and become better leaders in their variouscommunities. The partnership with DHL Uganda will accelerate our momentum andhelp us improve the lives of the children through excellent and practicaleducation and develop our fellows as effective teachers and leaders in theircommunities and nation."

Along with providing financial support, this partnership will also seeemployees from DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Supply Chainvolunteer to support over 36 Teach For Uganda Fellows who will in turn make apositive impact in the lives of at least 15,000 students across Uganda.

"According to Uganda Census data, over half of Uganda's populationcomprises youth under the age of 29 and it is estimated that 86% of those areunemployed, underemployed or at the level of becoming employable.[2]While we understand there is much to be done in order to close the gap, we hopethat the engagement our volunteers will have with Ugandan youth will helpimprove these numbers," said FatmaAbubakar, Country Manager, DHL Express Uganda.

Paul Erongot, Country Manager, DHL Global ForwardingUganda added,"Globally DHL is committed to improving the communities in which we operate.Having been in Uganda for over 30 years, we want to be able to create a positiveimpact within the local community. We hope our volunteers' interactions withthese youth will help provide them with an understanding of what the demands ofthe real working world are, and the skills they need to tackle these challengeshead on."

Zachary Mukwaya, General Manager, Country OperationsUganda, DHL Supply Chain continued, "We are looking at giving the youthexposure and access to business leaders as well as skills-based training. Overtime as the interactions grow between DHL volunteers and the Teach for Ugandastudents, we hope to nurture a cohort of youth who are more confident, focusedand own the skills needed to move forward in their careers."

Teach For Uganda recruits exceptional Ugandangraduates from diverse fields of study, who are trained to become teachers,known as Teach for Uganda Fellows, then placed in underserved schools andcommunities around the country as Teach For Uganda participants. Theseteacher-leaders would commit two years as teachers and mentors to theirstudents.

In addition to giving their time to Teachfor Uganda, DHL volunteers will continue to support SOS Children's VillagesUganda with whom it has had a partnership since 2013.

Deutsche Post DHL Group'scorporate responsibility program "Living Responsibility" is comprised of threeprograms focused on environmental protection (GoGreen), disaster management(GoHelp) and education (GoTeach). Under the GoTeach program, Deutsche Post DHLGroup provides support to Teach For All as well as 18 other network partners inAsia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

DHL – The logistics company for the world

DHL is the leading global brand in the logistics industry. Our DHLfamily of divisions offer an unrivalled portfolio of logistics services rangingfrom national and international parcel delivery, e-commerce shipping andfulfillment solutions, international express, road, air and ocean transport toindustrial supply chain management. With about 380,000 employees in more than220 countries and territories worldwide, DHL connects people and businessessecurely and reliably, enabling global trade flows. With specialized solutionsfor growth markets and industries including technology, life sciences andhealthcare, energy, automotive and retail, a proven commitment to corporateresponsibility and an unrivalled presence in developing markets, DHL isdecisively positioned as "The logistics company for the world".

DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Group generated revenues ofmore than 61 billion euros in 2018.

About Teach For Uganda

Teach For Uganda (TFU) is a local NGO that is championing a neweducation innovation in Uganda to leverage the power of brilliant recentuniversity graduates to unleash the learning and life outcomes ofunderprivileged children in rural Uganda through a two-year teaching asleadership fellowship program. The graduates who become fellows teachMathematics, English and life skills in rural government-aided primary schoolsto provide a strong educational foundation to low-income children and put themon a path to expanded opportunities. Post fellowship, the fellows leveragetheir two-year experience as part of an alumni leadership network where theyare coached to become lifelong advocates for education equity in Uganda'spublic and private institutions.

About Teach For All

Teach For All is a global network of 50 independent, locally led andgoverned partner organizations and a global organization that works toaccelerate the progress of the network. Each network partner recruits anddevelops promising future leaders to teach in their nations' under-resourcedschools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, insideand outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill theirpotential. Teach For All's global organization works to increase the network'simpact by capturing and spreading learning, facilitating connections amongpartners, accessing global resources, and fostering the leadership developmentof partner staff, teachers, and alumni.

For more information, visitwww.teachforall.org