Education Uganda Project #21343

Provide Education - Underprivileged Children!

by Aparis Community Development Program

Project Report | Nov 15, 2017
The Hammerslag School Uganda Quarterly Update

By Charles Olupot | Project Leader

The children enjoying a healthy meal

Hello GlobalGiving family,

From the recent funds received, we have been able to do the following activities:

The school feeding program. The funds have continued to help provide nutritious school meals for the children; helping us to purchase food and spices such as beans, rice, tomatoes, onions, curry powder and cooking oil. Good Neighbors, a new organization that has begun providing support to the Hammerslag School also donated food supplies that came as a huge relief, since we have been struggling with a lack of adequate funds to sustain the school feeding program. At the school, children get three meals a day, break, lunch and supper. This requires 10 kgs of maize and 5 kgs of beans daily, Monday to Sunday. The program is very expensive and supports more than 100 vulnerable orphaned children, both boarding and day scholars. Cost estimates are approximately 750USD per term. We are struggling to meet this demand with current donations, but are confident with your support that we can continue to provide quality food and education for these children.
Children medical expenses. Funds have helped support the general health of the children and cover the medical bills and medication costs for sick boarding students. Due to continued rainfall this term, there has been an increase of malaria and other illnesses. Mosquito nets, sleeping mats, and blankets purchased with donations have helped to keep children warm and protected. Unfortunately, many children are still sleeping without adequate patting or netting, and we hope to use future donations to offer safe and comfortable bedding to all children housed at the school. Lastly, the money helped buy washing basins, buckets and Jerri cans which children use to collect water for kitchen use and personal use.
Office administration materials. Additionally, we have managed to purchase a new table for the head teachers use, new student curricular books, and revised editions for the teachers.
School supplies. We have also bought exercise books, pens, and pencils for the children to use in the classroom. Fortunately, this term we got Good Neighbors to donate books to 20 orphans in our school, which helped to reduce the cost. We do not know if this help will continue next term, so will need to increase our fundraising initiatives or find another sponsorship.

As always, we thank you kindly for your donations. The Hammerslag School Uganda would not have made it this far without your support. We are still struggling financially and are lacking in adequate classrooms for Primary Five, Six and Seven students, learning supplies, uniforms, bedding, and food. Please share our story with your friends and family so that we can continue to serve the orphaned and vulnerable children of Pallisa.

Sincerely,

Charles Olupot

Playing on the schoolyard in between class

Boarding students show off their new supplies

Student's participating in class

Posing outside the school entrance

One of our head teachers conducts a lesson

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Aug 11, 2017
The Hammerslag School Project Report

By Charles Olupot | Founder, Project Leader

Hello GlobalGiving family,

Thanks to your generous donations over the past three months, we have been able to do the following activities:

We purchased 200 kgs of corn, 100 kgs of beans and a large basin of silverfish, which helps us to provide children and teachers porridge for breakfast, lunch and supper for 20 orphans and children during this school term. These children include those with no parents, as well as those children taken in from surrounding areas that were living in the slums with a struggling single parent.
We also bought 50 cups, 20 plastic plates, a new large saucepan, 30+ liters of water to prepare porridge for the children. We currently have 65 children, 6 teachers, and 4 support staff eating our meals.
To support children that are sleeping at the school, we were able to buy 10 mats, [we could not afford to buy mattresses at this time]. We are currently accommodating them in one of the blocks we had built to use as a school office. The children are happy in their new home, especially for those that have a secure home and access to schooling for the very first time.
Funds have been used to purchase much-needed office stationary and teacher learning materials that are currently being used in the classrooms. This includes text books for use in all five classrooms (nursery and primary). We bought 50 copies of the Primary School Curriculum for all subjects: English, mathematics, science, religion, education, physical education, and social studies. Other learning materials include a New Oxford Dictionary, life skills booklets, IT for schools and English story books for all the classrooms. We are still lacking balls or play materials for the children, but hope to raise funds to purchase these soon.
Purchased 10 more school desks for the nursery class, as the children were previously sitting on the ground. Lastly, we managed to buy school uniforms, including shoes for the 20 orphaned children, as well as provide them with 6 exercise books, pens, and pencils.

As always, it is our hope to continue to raise funds to buy additional learning supplies, play materials, mattresses and bedding, and food to continue to feed students and staff. As of now, nursery children and primary level five students do not have physical classrooms to study from; but rather share classrooms with primary one and four children. Therefore, primary six and seven classrooms need to be constructed next year to accommodate new students. We are confident that we will achieve these goals and supply these children with the education and opportunity they deserve.

We appreciate all the support the school has continued to receive from you and your friends!

Sincerely,

Charles Olupot

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Pallisa, Uganda

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