Classroom block & Latrine for 234 pupils in Uganda

Dear GlobalGivers,

We bring  you our warm new year greets! Thank your continued genorosity in seeing this project is a success. 

Currently there are no works on our classroom block after laying the foundations. We short of funds however the parent and caregivers were able to collect some locally available building materials i.e. 8,000 pieces of bricks, 5 trips of sand we want to believe the works shall soon resume once we secure more funds.

The school population has trippled after 2 years of being locked down caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.

As schools reopen we still run to kind people like you!, without you we can not make it alone, we must ensure all students return to the classroom and are given an equal opportunity to learn.

This means reaching the most vulnerable, including the 1-in-5 children globally who were already out of school before COVID-19

As schools are reopening, Acomai Primary School a public school is lacking classrooms to accommodate and provide conducive learning environment to these rural students.

Would you mind foregoing one dinner, a cup of coffee to give this school a classroom block?

Your support makes these types of pivots possible in our work, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

The administration of Acomai Primary School in Kamutur sub county in Bukedea district, currently operates in a pit latrine after rainwater washed away the existing structures in the school.

Founded by the community in 2008, the government took over the school in 2012 after Bukedea District Local Government posted teachers to the school. The school had an enrolment of close to 1,000 pupils by the time government closed schools in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, the school which was operating in temporal structures was recently affected by the heavy rains that swept away the buildings, leaving only the two-stance pit latrine standing in the compound. This prompted the school administration to shift all the office equipment including furniture, school records and textbooks among others to the pit latrine, which is also being used by the community in the neighbourhood.

Stephen Ogaali, the Deputy Head Teacher Acomai Primary School and only staff member found in the school told our reporter that they have written several reports to the district for help but nothing is forthcoming. He explained that several monitoring visits have been conducted at the school by both the local leaders and technical staff at the district.

We thank you for your generosity towards helping the acomai community, we appeal for more support in donations. Kindly share with your family and friends this will us reach our goal soon. Thank you 

SCOEN Team

Links:

• Bukedea school shifts office to pit latrines
• Acomai school administration operates in a pit latrine