St Conleth’s College, Dublin Ireland / Kitatya School, Kayunga, Uganda Project St Conleth’s College is involved in a 5-year project with Kitatya Secondary School in Kayunga, Uganda, which started in 2009
The Kitatya School receives very little assistance from the Ugandan Government and is severely lacking in facilities. The school is located just outside a town called Kayunga (an hour and a half away from Kampala). It had 400 students (Mixed) in July last year and they hope to have 500 by the time our students go over in June 2010. Out of that 400 only 100 students eat during the school day. There are 25 boy boarders at the school.
Kitatya School has the capability of bringing their student’s to the equivalent of Leaving Cert level but cannot provide science beyond Junior Cert level due to a lack of facilities, equipment and textbooks. The first phase St Conleth’s fund raising will help provide the financial resources to build a dormitory for the teachers, many of whom have to travel great distances from home to the school and this will ensure constant teacher cover for the students.
St Conleth’s has linked up with a charity: Self Help Africa – Ireland to co-ordinate and support the building work. The next phase of the project will be to equip a science lab, which will allow the Kitatya students to complete their second level education.
What we hope to do in June 2010!
In addition to the fundraising in Ireland, St Conleth’s students will share their skills in English Language, Science, IT and Sport. Kitatya’s students will share their skills in Music, Dance and Planting. Initially, the St Conleth’s students will meet and collaborate with the Kitatya students and plan the week’s activities. There are 44 students going on this project. They are divided into 3 groups who will each spend one week in the school before handing over to the next group. It is not possible for all the students to remain on the project at the same time due to the lack of facilities.
The St Conleth’s students will give gifts to their hosts at the end of each week. On completion of the project work, the group will travel to Kilembe where they will spend the following days trekking on the Kilembe Buwata Community Trail, Ruccochi Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Ruzongo, through villages and crater lakes returning to Kampala for rest and re-stock for the next phase.
The students then travel on to trek up Mt Elgon travelling to Mbale/Budadiri Mt Elgon – Sasa river camp, Mude Cave and trek up to Jackson’s Summit (4165m) in preparation for the summit attempt on Wagagai Peak (4321m). The group will return by way of the Sipi Falls to Kampala. This project and the whole experience of Uganda will help the students develop life skills in Communication, Teamwork & Leadership, Enterprise & Money Management and Personal presentation and enrich their lives and hopefully the lives of those they meet on this amazing journey.
The Kitatya School receives very little assistance from the Ugandan Government and is severely lacking in facilities. The school is located just outside a town called Kayunga (an hour and a half away from Kampala). It had 400 students (Mixed) in July last year and they hope to have 500 by the time our students go over in June 2010. Out of that 400 only 100 students eat during the school day. There are 25 boy boarders at the school.
Kitatya School has the capability of bringing their student’s to the equivalent of Leaving Cert level but cannot provide science beyond Junior Cert level due to a lack of facilities, equipment and textbooks. The first phase St Conleth’s fund raising will help provide the financial resources to build a dormitory for the teachers, many of whom have to travel great distances from home to the school and this will ensure constant teacher cover for the students.
St Conleth’s has linked up with a charity: Self Help Africa – Ireland to co-ordinate and support the building work. The next phase of the project will be to equip a science lab, which will allow the Kitatya students to complete their second level education.
What we hope to do in June 2010!
In addition to the fundraising in Ireland, St Conleth’s students will share their skills in English Language, Science, IT and Sport. Kitatya’s students will share their skills in Music, Dance and Planting. Initially, the St Conleth’s students will meet and collaborate with the Kitatya students and plan the week’s activities. There are 44 students going on this project. They are divided into 3 groups who will each spend one week in the school before handing over to the next group. It is not possible for all the students to remain on the project at the same time due to the lack of facilities.
The St Conleth’s students will give gifts to their hosts at the end of each week. On completion of the project work, the group will travel to Kilembe where they will spend the following days trekking on the Kilembe Buwata Community Trail, Ruccochi Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Ruzongo, through villages and crater lakes returning to Kampala for rest and re-stock for the next phase.
The students then travel on to trek up Mt Elgon travelling to Mbale/Budadiri Mt Elgon – Sasa river camp, Mude Cave and trek up to Jackson’s Summit (4165m) in preparation for the summit attempt on Wagagai Peak (4321m). The group will return by way of the Sipi Falls to Kampala. This project and the whole experience of Uganda will help the students develop life skills in Communication, Teamwork & Leadership, Enterprise & Money Management and Personal presentation and enrich their lives and hopefully the lives of those they meet on this amazing journey.
