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Dear Friends, Happy Spring in the Northern Hemisphere – from the girls and young women of St. Andrews Senior Secondary School, Matale Uganda. ZoomUganda and the Harambee Centre with the girls of Matale wish you a Happy Spring.  As we celebrate the start of Spring this year, we are filled with gratitude for...

Dear Friends, Happy New Year from ZoomUganda, and the girls and young women of Matale Uganda that you've helped over the years!  As we celebrate the start of a new year, we are filled with gratitude; for the opportunity to serve, to connect two communities, to make a difference in young girls’ lives,...

After the original work that focused on remodeling the classrooms, constructing a science lab and equipping it (2002-2009), Matale Senior Secondary School is in better shape. Some key highlights are; A new principal, Mr. George Ssozi with a success track record, innovation and leadership too helm in 2011. A new board of...

In April 2012, the Harambee Centre wired $12,000 to St. Andrews, which enabled the school community to break ground on the new girls dormitory • The photos (in the pdf) show the leveling of the ground and the start of the Matale girl’s dormitory building foundation and the Matale-Southridge cultural exchange...

Matale Girls’ Dormitory GlobalGiving Report In the Spring of 2009, The Harambee Centre and Southridge High School in Beaverton Oregon brought four students, Robert Kasumba, Specioza Naligo, Rita Nabukenya, Denis Kagimu, and Father Joseph Kato on an intercultural exchange trip to the US, the first of Uganda its kind...