My visit to Blessed Hill was towards the end of my 2-month stay in Uganda and, as such, it was at the end of term when I got there. Unfortunately this meant that I didn't have much time in the school itself, but I was lucky enough to be there for the end of term prizegiving day at which I was invited to be the guest of honour. I was pleased to see that the vast majority of students there were extremely commited to their education, and many received the prize of their very own pen for doing so well.

I learned so much from my trip to Africa that it would be impossible to write it down but my overall feeling is that, while they have so much to learn from us, we also have a huge amount to learn from them.

Blessed Hill School Boarding and Day Primary School was founded by Director Sarah Sabiiti in 2008. It has grown from seven students to 78. Sixty of the pupils are orphans and many board in the two dormitaries, which can house up to 30 students each. As well as a headteacher and administrator, the school has nine teaching and two support staff. The school motto is to "educate a child for a better future" and the vision of the school is to "provide quality education - physicallly, spiritually and mentally - with an emphasis on good behaviour". In addition to academic studies, students play football and netball to a competative level and enagage in dance and drama. A group of students made a video about their school focussing on the topics of sports and games, discipline, nutrition, uniform, transport and the history and locality of the school. It will be uploaded to this site soon.