Jambo! Exciting news from Uganda 🇺🇬! Good Luck Junior School has a library!

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 arrive
They’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 security
I 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!

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