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Praise Preparatory Children's Centre

Praise Pre-Preparatory Children's Centre: An overview

The centre for students of primary school age, and younger, was set up in 2003 to give vulnerable children and orphans a basic education.
Established by the local church, it aims to provide the best possible education service at a parish level, as other establishments are too far away for children to reach without free school transport.
The school and charity is located in the Buketela township of Bukhaweka, in the sub county of Namabya, within the Manafwa district of Mbale in Eastern Uganda.
One of the school's central objectives is to develop community-minded citizens to serve the 9,000 people in the area, 60 percent of whom are below 12-years-of age. With this aim in mind, students are taught about HIV/Aids and given counselling and career guidance.
In 2008, there were 87 boys and 112 girls in the Primary 1 to Primary 6 classes and 31 boys and 39 girls in the pre-preparatory classes.
While some parents contribute school fees, many struggle to feed and clothe their children, let alone pay for an education, so Director Pastor Michael Timbe and Headteacher Jenipher Joyce Mandu work hard to secure additional funding.
The school, which is rented, is in a poor state of repair and one of the classrooms has collapsed, despite an effort from the children themselves to rebuild the wall using home-made bricks. The school also lacks text books, first aid materials, computers and transport.
Despite the economic difficulties, students are making good progress under the banner of the school mission: "To teach and manage each child's social, academic and moral being" and the school motto:"Fear God in knowledge and wisdom".

Published Jan 06 2010, 04:36 PM by Carla
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Carla visited several of the schools featured on this website in Rwanda and Uganda in 2009.
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