We hope this email finds you really well.
Since you last heard from us, there has unfortunately been a surge in COVID cases in Uganda and sadly, another country-wide lock down has been instated by the Government.
As of June 7, schools were required to shut down for 42 days so we are now focusing our attention back to weekly home learning packs and deploying staff to re-engage in small group learning.
It is a challenging and scary time with a steeply rising daily death toll, overwhelmed hospitals and vaccines running out all across Uganda. Whilst we are coming out of COVID in the developed world the unfortunate reality is that developing countries will continue to feel the impact of the pandemic for many years to come.
Before the Government mandated school closure, our students and teachers enjoyed a busy May with many activities including:
- Dental health checks for all students across our three campuses. We partnered with Muduuma Health Centre who conducted educational workshops on dental health and hygiene, as well as preventive and urgent dental care services.
- On May 14th, the team from Stanbic Bank's Mityana Branch visited Mbazzi High School and carried out career guidance sessions for our Senior 1 and Senior 3 students interested in employment in the finance and ICT industries. On the same visit, the Mityana Branch also donated a 3,000L water tank to the school!
- Our Primary 7 students who completed their SAWA World Training had the opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills they had learnt during the training when their parents were invited to the school on May 18th. Students learned how to bake cakes, make reusable sanitary pads, make shoes and edible treats to make a business out of selling the goods at markets.
- Goal setting workshops were conducted towards the end of May for Primary 5, Senior 1 and Senior 2 students led by Elizabeth from Mpigi Health Centre. The workshops focused on guiding and directing student behaviour, improving self-confidence and increasing student motivation.
The last few weeks have also been busy here in Australia.
Last Wednesday night, we held our virtual event where we connected our Australian supporters with our inspiring student Steven and our team in Uganda. We are so grateful for those who joined us for the intimate conversation
On the night we announced that a very generous couple will match every donation to our Buy A Brick appeal up to $80,000 before 30 June!
If you haven't donated already, we would love your help to raise the outstanding $68,019 we need to complete the construction of our boys' boarding house. We are so close! If you can chip in just $28 to buy a brick, your donation will be doubled AND will help us build a brighter future for our aspiring young men.
Thank you for being part of our community.
Warmest wishes,
The School for Life Team
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