Education in Kabubbu

WHY SPONSOR A CHILD?

In February 2000 we met with the 32 community leaders of the Kabubbu Development Project (KDP) who asked us to help them with the development of their village.

A medical clinic, a school and clean water were some of the most vital needs they had for their future health, and education of the hundreds of children, many orphaned, living there.

We asked the KDP to prioritise their needs. Finally, after much discussion, they concluded that the most urgent need in their community was the 400 orphans living among them.

These orphans made an enormous drain on their meagre resources. Because no proper education was available in their area the future of the village was in jeopardy as the orphans grew up. Their desperation for food and clothing would mean them either finding their way to Kampala where they would become 'street children' living off prostitution or crime, or they would seek to steal from the community in Kabubbu to meet their basic needs.

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TO TEACH A CHILD IS TO TOUCH A LIFE FOREVER

In 2000 Kabubbu community leaders impressed on us that education is the key to the future of their community. They needed a school. Those desperately needing help were the orphans who had no-one to pay their school fees.

Quicken Trust agreed to begin seeking a solution. By July 2000 twelve families in England had agreed to sponsor an orphan. They were transported daily to a school about 10 kilometres from Kabubbu. The school provided them with education, medicine, food and a uniform. It also taught them skills needed to utilise the land and in carpentry, sewing and cooking.

This was only a short-term solution. In the long term a school was needed in Kabubbu. Another charity, Ambassadors of Hope, had already constructed many schools in Uganda as partnership projects. They were skilled in this work and had visited Kabubbu to assess the need there and reported that there was a definite need and they were prepared to partner with us and the local community in its construction.

In July 2000 we found a six-acre plot of land. The villagers were making bricks by mixing mud and water and placing them to dry in the sun and then fired. They slowly gathered a supply of sand ready for construction. There was a need for resources to supply the things they couldn't provide because they lacked the finances. Cement, corrugated sheeting for the roof, paint and so on. The villagers were prepared to partner with their labour and local skills.

Within a year concerned individuals in the UK had raised £20,000 and in August 2001 a 72 hour marathon "Bike Ride to Uganda" on static exercise bikes took place in Hailsham, East Sussex over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The cyclists covered the 4,000 miles between Hailsham and Kabubbu. The event was supported by hundreds of people and raised £20,000 enabling the school to be built.

The British High Commissioner to Uganda, Tom Phillips, along with local Members of Parliament and area leaders plus 1,000 local people who enjoyed a traditional feast, opened the school on 28th March 2002 with 60 children.

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