The Uphill Trust obtains funding to purchase land in Iruhuura (legacy donation plus small grant) and a local landowner agrees to sell one of…

Elius takes Max to see Uphill Junior School for the first time.  The impact of 90 Ugandan children singing for him was too much…

Max tells everyone who will listen about Uganda and Uphill Junior School. Friends get involved and 1st Newport Brownies raise over £1,000 to buy…

Illustrator and Comic Artist Catriona Laird designs the Uphill logo whilst still a student. It features the red dirt road the trustees travel on whenever…

The Uphill Trust is awarded Scottish charity status on 29 January 2015 and a group of trustees make their first official visit to Uphill…

Parents and guardians are delighted with the quality of education and ask for a primary school – Uphill Junior School is born! Elius and…

Max takes his wife Belinda to Uganda for the first time and she is also hooked! When they get home, they establish The Uphill…

Donations from the Macdonald family and Dollar Academy Charity Committee help to finish the school.  All the classrooms have a roof, brightly painted walls,…

Niall ‘Max’ Macdonald travels to western Uganda to research his family history and meets Elius for the first time  (an arrest is involved…)  How…

Muhimbise Elius, a trained teacher, founds a kindergarten school for 3-5 year olds in Iruhuura trading centre, western Uganda, to provide pre-school education for…