How Uphill Junior School developed from 2015-19, with financial support from the Trust.

In March 2021, the primary 7 pupils finally sat the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations. This bright year group did themselves proud, with top marks…

A further grant from Meeting Needs funded a second latrine block with sewage tank this time for the primary boys. The original latrine will be…

Lockdown proved to be a good time to get things done at Uphill. A small piggery – initiated to provide an income stream for…

A central handwash station was constructed during lockdown, just in time for partial school reopening. Fed by harvested rainwater from across the school site,…

Uphill teachers reach out to pupils stuck at home. Government home schooling programmes required access to radio, TV and books – Uphill pupils had…

COVID restrictions eased and the Uphill Build Team were back at work – installing additional security fencing around the extended school site, moving the…

Uganda went into pandemic lockdown at the same time as the UK and all schools were closed for 7 months. Food poverty – always…

In 2017 Crosfields School, a longstanding Uphill partner, donated a large amount of school uniform which was taken out to the school progressively in…

The Uphill Build Team work flat out to get the two new classroom blocks plastered, painted, with ceilings and electricity installed, in time for…

A large donation from Dollar Academy Sponsored Walk (2017) plus fundraising from Kiltwalk events in 2018 and 2019 generated enough money to fund the…

A second latrine block, for girls, with private washroom and a sewage tank rather than a deep pit, was funded by the charity Meeting…

Two more plots of land were offered to Uphill Junior School, both adjacent to the current site. One of them held an electricity pole,…

Following a legacy donation from a family friend, the trustees commission an administration block for Uphill Junior School. The building contains a staff room,…

Ugandan schools need to have an official site plan as part of the licence and registration process. A site survey was commissioned, along with…

Fantastic fundraising from the Muddy Mayhem challenge and Crosfields School allowed the trustees to commission a tyre playground for kindergarten, along with sports equipment...

The original wooden school building is dismantled and moved to the new site to create 7 temporary classrooms in 2 blocks – one for…

The only water supply in Iruhuura is a shallow well, so the trustees prioritise the provision of rain water harvesting systems for the school….

A second plot of land was purchased, adjacent to the first. Construction of the first permanent classroom block also began, funded by the Dollar...

After a busy year of fundraising, building begins on the new school site, starting with a ventilated improved pit latrine.