For the last two and a half years students at St
Angela's and St Bonaventure's 6th Form Centre have been raising money to
take part in World Challenge: Project Uganda.
In total the 8 students that took part raised over £24,000 to cover all
the costs of the project , accommodation , food, and transport.
We set off for Kampala on the 6th of July and returned on the 29th of
July. We explored Western Uganda and followed the Buwata Comminty Trail
through the foothills of the Ruwenzori Mountains for the first 4 days of
our trip.
We then spent eleven days at Rumuri Primary school, which is situated in
Bunyarugulu, where our tasks were to complete an unfinished class room
block and Library. It was a great opportunity to meet and work with the
local community.
After our hard work doing manual labour and teaching classes ranging
from 45 - 90 students, we had a well deserved treat with a Safari at
Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Andrea Harvey
Director of Pastoral Care, St Angela's Ursuline School
Our first week in Uganda started off with mainly settling
in and acclimatising. We were in rwenzori when we climbed our first
mountain! It was a long trek so we spent the night with the locals up on
the mountain -having a good sing-along to end the night.
The second was a day trek. It was ever-so steep so it meant we stumbled
up and down the mountain. Meeting interesting locals like bongo man and
sele made each trek that much more exciting.
On the second week we went to Rumuri school where we finished the
building of a new school block and taught a few lessons which I must say
was the best part! Teaching science, english, maths and PE to kids from
the ages of about 7 to 18, some of the class sizes were huge. Josh
taught a PE class to 90 children! The school gave us a magical send off
putting on performances and a reception lunch.
Our final few days were an much needed period of rest and relaxation.We
went on safari and a boat trip and saw the best wildlife uganda has to
offer, we then went back to Entebe where we bought gifts and ate out in
fancy restraunts like the Gately and China garden.
Finally departure day came and we packed up and said goodbye to Uganda
getting our adjoining flight from Kenya. I'd like to again thank both
Miss Harvey and Miss Mcwalter for putting up with us and our expedition
leader Piers.
Moriamo Sadiq