School news, building progress, volunteer diaries and the view from the staff room.
After twelve years of timber and iron sheets, Nyantaboma has a new brick and mortar two-classroom building. Here is where the project stands and what comes next.
Five hundred children, a borrowed public address system and a goat for the winning house. A report from the touchline.
Sponsors often ask where the money goes. The deputy head breaks it down, shilling by shilling.
"On the first morning I was handed a piece of chalk and forty-six children. By Friday I did not want to leave."
Attendance is up, afternoon lessons are calmer, and the school garden is pulling its weight.
From 38 children in a borrowed room to three classes and a graduation ceremony with gowns.
Up before five, home after dark. What it takes to sit the Primary Leaving Examination from a village school.
Half an acre of volcanic soil, eight hoes, and a lesson in how to dig from a man in a straw hat.
The choir has one drum, no costumes and a very good chance.
Thirteen three-year-olds, one teacher, and a great many songs.
Half our Primary 1 pupils are girls. By Primary 7 it is closer to a third. Here is what we are doing about it.
Pen-pal letters, a cake sale, and forty-six desks.
Ten thousand litres of clean water on site, and no more trips to the spring during lessons.
Reporting day, visiting day and the end-of-term calendar for parents and guardians.
Safeguarding training, a little Rutooro, and an honest conversation about what two weeks can and cannot do.
Our library is a single shelf. One Primary 4 boy has read all of it.
512 pupils, 13 sponsored children and the first brick classroom.
