Over the past thirteen years, The Charitable Trust in partnership with the students at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School Blackburn have established, built and maintained the school campus for The Good Samaritan Primary School.
The campus now includes nine new classrooms, a kitchen, an assembly hall, a staffroom, toilet and shower blocks, dormitories, staff accomodation and a new playground. All of the facilities are regularly maintained by the trust and staff members.
The TEUCT Story
Dr Paul Wright has been visiting Uganda for over 25 years working on various aid projects and in 2008 came across the Good Samaritan Primary School which was set up by a local family of three brothers, Godfrey, Henry and Joseph Walumgembe. Through their hard work and efforts, they responded to the local need for a primary school for children who could not otherwise afford to go to school.
Despite the lack of facilities, children were educated and through the fundraising efforts of TEUCT, The Good Samaritan Primary School has grown.
Paul approached Andy Buckingham, a teacher at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar school in Blackburn to see if he would like to be part of a unique project. This was to construct a primary school for the children of Wakiso. This area had many children who were not able to access education because they were either orphaned by HIV/AIDS or were just unable to afford school fees charged by state funded schools.
Ever since, TEUCT has developed a partnership with QEGS Blackburn. Dr Wright and Andy have combined their efforts, to inspire and lead over 100 Sixth Form students to visit Uganda, fundraise thousands of pounds to build a school fit for purpose.
From humble beginnings of classrooms under a tree to the multi-building complex that now compromises The Good Samaritan, hundreds of impoverished children have been able to complete their education.
Since 2010 the facilities built include classrooms, an assembly hall, dormitories for the children, houses for the teachers, a well for fresh water, kitchen and sanitation facilities. But there is much more to do and the project continues…
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