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For schools in Uganda

Bulk SMS for schools in Uganda — reach every parent in seconds.

Send fees reminders, exam results and emergency alerts to thousands of parents on MTN and Airtel. Pay with Mobile Money, no monthly fees, no cards.

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Used by primary, secondary and tertiary schools across Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, Jinja, Mbarara and Gulu.

Stop chasing fees — let SMS do the follow-up

Bursars spend hours phoning parents about outstanding balances. With Wesendall, one upload sends a personalized fee reminder to every parent who owes a balance, in seconds.

  • Upload a CSV of parents with outstanding balances and merge tags like {{name}} and {{amount}} into the message.

  • Schedule reminders one week, three days and one day before the deadline.

  • Track delivery per parent — failed messages are flagged so the front office can call them.

  • Refunds on failed sends — you never pay for a message MTN or Airtel didn't deliver.

Send exam results the same hour you publish them

Push results to parents immediately after end of term, beating the rumor mill and reducing phone-call load on the office.

  • Bulk-send a per-student result line in your own format.

  • Optional: include a private result-portal link unique to each parent.

  • Send in Luganda, Runyankole, Acholi or English depending on the family.

Emergency closures, weather alerts and event reminders

When you need to inform 2,000 parents about an early closure or PTA meeting, SMS reaches feature phones too — not just smartphones.

  • Reach 98% of parents within 60 seconds on MTN and Airtel.

  • Optional confirmation: ask parents to reply YES — we capture the responses.

  • Save groups by class, dormitory or region so you target only the affected families.

Features

Everything a Ugandan school needs in one platform

Class and dormitory groups

Organize parents by class, stream, house or region. Reuse saved groups for every send.

Scheduled sends

Queue a reminder for the morning of the deadline. Set it once, never touch it again.

Delivery alerts

See per-recipient status. Failed numbers are flagged so the bursar can call them.

MTN MoMo & Airtel Money

Top up the wallet from the bursar's phone in 30 seconds. No bank visits.

Termly usage reports

Download a CSV of every SMS sent in a term for school audits.

Compliant with UCC

Built-in opt-out handling and content guidance keeps your school on the right side of the regulator.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to send SMS to parents from a Ugandan school?

Wesendall charges UGX 35 per SMS (or UGX 32 in volume). For a school with 1,000 parents, one fee reminder costs roughly UGX 35,000. There are no monthly fees and your balance never expires.

Can we pay with MTN MoMo or Airtel Money from the school account?

Yes. Top up your Wesendall wallet directly from the head teacher or bursar's MTN MoMo / Airtel Money line — no cards, no bank transfers, no forex. The wallet is credited within seconds.

Do you support sending in Luganda or Runyankole?

Absolutely. The Wesendall composer supports any UTF-8 text including Luganda, Runyankole, Acholi and Lusoga. Messages over 160 characters are split into multiple SMS units and billed per unit.

Can we upload a parent contact list from Excel?

Yes — import a CSV or paste a list directly. Phone numbers in +256, 256 or 07XX format are normalized automatically, and duplicates are removed.

Will parents see our school name as the sender?

If you have a registered sender ID with MTN and Airtel Uganda (typical fee UGX 300,000 one-off per network), we'll route your sends under that ID. Otherwise messages are sent from a default short code.

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