Project status: Completed
Rwemigango Primary School was severely under-funded and over-subscribed. There were 150 children to a class, no qualified teachers, insufficient staff accommodation and no access to clean water.
The Foundation has built and furnished a new classroom block, consisting of two classrooms, improved sanitation and enabled access to clean water through the provision of water-harvesting tanks. New staff accommodation was completed in March 2009 enabling teachers having to travel long distances to stay in Bushenyi during the week as well as providing rooms for local teachers in need of a roof over their heads.
These are all facilities we take for granted in the UK. But these improvements are simply life-changing.
More importantly, this project along with Mushasha Primary school in Ntungamo has served as a pilot with a view to replicating throughout Western Uganda.
"As coffee producers, we highly value the education of our children, but we lack resources. However, by working together with UNEX and the coffee buyers, we will be able to give to our children good education and hope for a bright future"
Mr Y.K.Abainenamar, Union Export Services Limited (UNEX), General Manager
Click on the video below to see a video diary of the progress in Rwemigango, Bushenyi.
