Partner School
Kyamulinga Primary School, Our Second Partner School
In 2007, One School at a Time, with help from Partnering for Africa's Future, identified Kyamulinga Primary School as our second partner school. Kyamulinga Primary School is located in rural Uganda on the land of Mr. Joel Kattamba, a pineapple farmer. The school has 250 students from nursery to 7th grade and employs 9 teachers. Parents pay from $7 to $15 per term for school fees. Even this small amount can be daunting, since most parents are subsistence farmers with little means to secure cash.
Kyamulinga Primary School, Uganda
Children’s academic performance at Kyamulinga School is excellent as evidenced by the performance of the 7th grade children on last year’s leaving exams. Not only did all 7th grade students pass, they all scored hgh enough to be awarded government scholarships for secondary studies.
The administration of Kyamulinga Primary School demonstrates exemplary leadership qualities and integrity and we welcome them to our program!
Kyamulinga Classroom and Water System Construction
Class under the Trees
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School Classroom
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Classrooms at Kyamulinga are severely overcrowded. Teachers sometime hold classes outside or in a make-shift structure without a roof. Kyamulinga Primary School identified the need for additional classrooms as their highest priority.
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Our New School
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Together, One School at a Time and Kyamulinga School have built a school building with two classrooms (each houses up to 65 students) and a rooftop rainwater collection system connected to a 40,000 liter cistern. |
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The building and water cistern were made with over 6,500 interlocking soil bricks using specialized brick machines donated by Partnering for Africa's Future. The bricks interlocking shape allows them to be attached together with a minimal amount of concrete. |
Water Cistern
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| The brick machine, developed by Dr. Moses Musaazi of Technology for Tomorrow and Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, allows bricks to be made onsite with local materials. The bricks dry in the sun and do not need to be burned nor do they need to be transported to the building site. |
Children at Kyamulings
with interlocking Bricks
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The Kyamulinga area, as in most areas of Uganda, suffers from deforestation. The Technology for Tomorrow brick-making machine has saved the life of many trees.
Water and Kyamulinga School: In Uganda, girls traditionally collect and haul the water. On our last trip in June, the girls assured us that the water hole was only about 15 minutes away. 45 minutes later, we arrived at a remote muddy hole. The trip to that water hole is long, tiring and potentially dangerous (many Ugandan girls are raped while fetching water).
The new 40,000 liter water cistern at Kyamulinga School ensures that girls will be safer and will have more time for their studies. All the children will benefit from having easy access to water for sanitation and drinking.
Please read about a site visit to Kyamulinga School by Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, Ph.D., Director of African and African American Studies at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
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