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lweza primary school Project
For the past four years, members of VHP, as well other University of Wisconsin students have raised money for building repairs and collected school supplies for the students at Lweza Primary School. The school is located in the Mukono District in central Uganda. About 600 students up to the age of around 13 attend the school, which consits of only a few small buildings. The school constantly faces shortages of furniture, supplies, and teaching resources.
The UW students have been able to see the improvements that their money has brought the school, including: cement flooring, wall repairs, roof repairs, and new windows. The money given in 2007 will go towards constructing a new building for higher grade levels and finishing housing for the staff. Every year, each UW student fills one of their two allowed pieces of checked luggage with school supplies for the kids at Lweza. There is a committee of five Lweza Primary School representatives who decide how the money is spent, as well as how the school supplies should be distributed so that everyone benefits from the donations, and also to ensure that there is no damage or destruction to the supplies. Village Health Project has helped to collect school supplies and monetary donations, and has played an integral part in permanently incorporating this project into the study abroad program. On a more personal note, this is the school that Dr. James Ntambi (Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) attended when he was a child, which makes it that much more meaningful for those involved with this project.
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