JOY FOR HUMANITY UGANDA

Kyazanga Modern Primary School Joseph Lukwago the founder of Joy for Humanity welcomes you to invest in the future of the Ugandan child by joining hands together in the development of the organization and the school Please contact us as below:

Joy for Human Uganda Kyazanga Modern Primary School P.O Box 31708 (Clock Tower) Kampala- Uganda Mob: 256-752-657 813 Email: [email protected]

JOY FOR HUMANITY aims at seeing Joy prevailing over the community people especially the children who have been less privileged and deprived for a long time.

Joseph Lukwago with Gloria Leung from Hong Kong during a conference ‘Hope for Africa’s children’. Joseph is proud to have her as a mentor. She initiated the Gloria School Fee Fund Project through which some children from the community are able to have school fees for their education.

Kyazanga Modern Primary School (

www.kyazanga.org

) is a private based Christian school located in the rural area of Kyazanga, Masaka District, 129 km from Kampala, Uganda.

The school was opened on 9 international funding.

th , February 1998 with nursery and primary blocks and began with 92 students. A local family have funded and built most of the buildings using money earned from their banana plantation. They continue to provide the major source of finance on top of some student fees and some local and

Some funding is received from friends and through the Local leaders for teacher salaries but this is irregular. All fees for accommodating students, resources and teaching the children are paid for by relatives or donations.

The school is made up of teaching rooms, kitchen, staff and sleeping quarters. There is no library as yet. Most of the books are used by teachers to guide learning. There is no electricity although the lines pass nearby. A small generator runs some lighting and firewood is used for cooking. There a few toilet facilities. Water is carried in from wells.

Kyazanga Primary School is managed by a board of governors and directors. The directors include the founding family members. The board and directors plan the use of finance, future development and acquire teaching resources. There is a headmaster and deputy headmaster along with 22 teachers and 15 non teaching staff.

Its Joseph’s task to see that all the children from the school grow up as responsible citizen of the nation.

The school has 360 students. 280 students board at the school including 65 orphans and others a day students. There is an increasing number of orphans because of AIDS and this is placing considerable stress on the school budget. These orphans are looked after by relatives or accommodated by the school. It costs $30 a month for a child to stay at the school. The directors plan to build an orphanage in the future depending on donations and finance.

There are high standards in the school for behaviour and dress. Special importance is placed on succeeding and doing well in their education and that’s why the school is the best in the constituency. The official language at the school is English. The school desperately needs reading materials and reading activities for the children.

The children enjoy their music and dance especially the school band. Sports equipment is nearly non – existent due to funding priorities.

The Children enjoying their music and the band acrobats

A British family that visited the school and after seeing all that is done for the community they blessed the school with some financial assistance that assisted in building a lovely accommodation hostel for the children.

The children displaying recent correspondence and gifts received from Otumoetai Primary, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Room 21 at Otumoetai Primary is trying their best to see that they can fundraise for some activities of the school

This is Joseph Lukwago (acting Director). His father has been ill since March 2006 and is recovering has just resumed working at the school. Joseph completed his Bachelor of Science In Applied Information Technology in Kampala in 2006 and travels to the school from time to time to help with administration. He has a web site for the organisation and the community at www.kyazanga.org

. Joseph struggles to see that the children and the organisation gets the necessary requirements.

Some school supplies received from our lovely friends from Nebraska USA

"Whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, he shall by no means lose his reward" Mathew 10:42

Thank you so much for your time and may God bless you as you stand with us to bless these lovely children