Dear friends, can you help me please? Are you replacing your smart phone soon or have one you have already finished with? If so, could I have it for a young man called Alex in Uganda? Alex is one of the students we support. He moved in with Innocent who is my project manager and friend, when his own family broke up a few years ago. Alex goes into his Senior Four (O Level) next term and the new curriculum asks that the parents provide a smart phone for the students to use in IT lessons. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks Gerry 😊
The photo was taken in January 2020 before I returned home from Uganda straight into the Covid years! Hoping you can help. Thanks Gerry x
Wonderful news! Good Luck Junior School has been awarded an official license now they have an office and library! More good news is that the pupils in Primary 7, the eldest children age 14-17, sat for their National Primary Leavers Certificate which is essential for progressing on to secondary school or getting employment. This only happened because of us supporting the school! Doesn’t that feel good? Everything you help me do in Uganda makes a difference and I couldn’t do any of it without you! The building is now being painted inside and out and shelves made to take the primary syllabus books I hope to purchase for them when I go out to Uganda. They will soon be breaking up for the holidays, always taken in the long dry season, so I must send our contribution towards the teachers salaries out this week and then again during the holidays when they receive half pay. Thanks to all of you who are continuing to support me to keep this school not only open but flourishing! How things have changed for the children of this village since 2020 when I first came across Good Luck Junior School while delivering mosquito 🦟 nets! 😊 I’m going to book my flights next week so will let you know dates and what I hope to achieve during my stay. Feeling sort of nervous and excited at the same time! Thanks for always being there for me! Love and appreciation to you all.
Ibrahim the head teacher in his new office. It will look much better once it’s painted and he has charts up on the wallNot much of a library yet!Innocent on his way to school with the paint for the library/office blockThe Primary 7 students after they had finished the National Leavers ExamChildren sitting their end of year exams at Good Luck Junior School. Innocent says they could do with more desks so if anyone can help by donating £25 for one that sits four children, please get in touch. You can have your name painted on your desk, your favourite saying or dedicate to someone else as an alternative birthday or Christmas gift. See samples below.Dedicate it to a relative or friend An alternative birthday greeting?Add a favourite sayingDonate on behalf of a school or group?
Big thank you as usual to you from me and all the young people who benefit by your kindness. X
Yes, it was the amazing £200 I received from the children at Marton School in Macclesfield, along with a donation from a lovely couple I met on holiday, plus donations from looking after your doggie friends and the payout from easyfundraising.com.uk that some of you kindly use when you shop online, that paid for the building. From the day I gave Innocent, my good friend and project manager, the go ahead the building work started! As you can imagine the teachers and children are so thrilled and are very grateful to you all. I look forward to purchasing some more books now, as they have so few! As you might remember, the District Education Officers in March informed Ibrahim the head teacher that the school didn’t qualify for a license to run. So once again we’ve made a difference! Thank you! 🤗
The children were so excited when they realised what was happening!Waiting for the metal roof sheets to arriveThey’ve built what they call a ‘shade’ to help keep the rooms cooler and so that children can sit outside for lessons or reading.Strong doors for securityI wonder if this little boy will go to school?These stones were from a small quarry in hills not far from the school. Innocent says that some mothers and children from the village work there breaking the rocks into small stones and only get paid less than 2000 Ugandan Shillings a day (30-40p) barely enough to buy food never mind pay school fees! The children often hurt themselves doing this work and are breathing in the dust all the time which makes them sick. A few weeks ago there was a rock fall and a mother was buried and her body has never been recovered. I remember when I went to visit Bosco at his home he was sat near the house breaking rocks. So glad we could sponsor him through school and nursing college.Just needs to dry, paint, build some shelves then buy books!A lovely shady study area.The few books they have but I will be surprising them with more! 😊One man’s job will be to collect the water needed from the borehole carrying the heavy jerrycans on a bike. Ride there and push back!Video footage of the build! Note the homemade ladder! Several men will be employed during the building so giving them a little money for their families.I’ve often seen corrugated roof sheets transported on the back of boda taxi bikes, stretching right into the traffic and the edges are razor sharp!
Dear Friends I will be returning to Uganda in February to live and work in the community helping wherever I can in particular delivering mosquito nets to those who cannot afford to buy one for themselves and their families. Malaria is still the biggest killer of young children, pregnant mums and the elderly in Uganda. Please could you help me raise money for mosquito nets by joining easyfundraising where the retailer gives Gerry’s Uganda Project a percentage every time you shop online at no expense to yourself. It really is so easy! Thanks to the 16 people already signed up. Gerry x
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