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Nakulabye
Junior School
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The existing school at Nakulabye
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A team representing Rianna's
Fund visited Kampala, the capital of Uganda in late 2006. They were
hosted by David Kabiswa from a charity called ACET, Uganda (Aids Care
Education & Training). The team visited a number of projects and
Rianna’s Fund may become involved in some of these in the future. |
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One of the projects the team visited was
Nakulabye Junior School in the slums area of Kampala. The area is
very poor and there is a high incidence of AIDS in the area. The
facilities at the current school are extremely basic. There are over
640 children who attend the school, many of them orphans. The classrooms
are in a poor state and some of them do not even have a rear wall. The team met
with Moses the Headmaster of the school who was instrumental in setting up
this community school.
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David Kabiswa from ACET and Moses the
headmaster
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some of the children playing on the site of the new school buildings
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In
conjunction with ACET, Uganda the school purchased some
land close to the existing school. The plans to build the new
school were drawn up and the new school will provide the children with much improved
facilities and give them a better chance of fulfilling their potential. |
Rianna’s
Fund became the main sponsor of the building project and ACET
Uganda managed the building of the school locally. We are pleased to say
that the new Nakulabye Junior School officially opened on the 7th of March
2008 - Click here
for pictures of the early building work and click
here for pictures of the new school and the opening ceremony!
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Some of the children who will
benefit from the new school!
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