Schools for Refugees

SUPPORTING EDUCATION FOR REFUGEES IN UGANDA

Uganda school grades 1-5 and nursery levels remain closed due to the covid-19 virus. Dates for reopening these grades will be determined in May, 2021. Grade primary 7 at St. Bakhita N&P reopened on October 15, 2020 and primary 6 reopened on March 1, 2021. Social distancing, face covering and other required precautions are strictly enforced. Due to the square footage of the classrooms, class sizes for primary 7 and 6 are reduced from 43 and 60 to 13. Most classrooms at the school are now occupied with these two levels. SFR paid 17 teachers through December, 2020, at which time the community assumed primary financial responsibility for the operations of the school. The Uganda government may soon subsidize qualified teachers which will supplement the reduced revenue associated with reopening. Schools for Refugees continues to provide scholarship aid to 38 secondary school graduates of St. Bakhita N&P. Of those, only the 7 in secondary 4 and the 7 in secondary 3 are attending classes. Other levels will return when the Uganda Government so directs.

The Uganda government closed schools, including St. Bakhita Nursery and Primary School until May 19, 2020 due to the concern about spreading the covid-19 virus. That date may be extended. The students and teachers are staying close to home and due to lack of text books and computers, formal … [Read more...]

2018 Term Three November Update

October Visit to School Charlie and Susan, along with Rose Ellen and Bob Harmon, Ann Noyes and Julie Pew, visited the school in October, 2018. Bob and Rose Ellen  delivered seven laptop computers donated by Norway Savings Bank, as well as school supplies and 110 tee shirts and the colored … [Read more...]

October 2017 Trip to Uganda

  The Ugandan school year runs from February through November, so the 2017 school year has just come to an end. From October 19 through October 25, Charlie and Susan Roscoe visited St. Bakhita Nursery and Primary School and Panyadoli Secondary School in the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in … [Read more...]

Bowdoin College Students’ Blog

We have left Kiryandongo. Osborn is visiting his family in Kenya, and I meanwhile am staying in Entebbe until my flight. But, as I rest and mull and organize my notes and photos, I realize there are a few more points of interest I'd like to share. I'll start with a correction. A few posts ago I … [Read more...]