Building Schools and Staff Housing
The building program has been the most important component of the project thus far and has consumed most of the funds raised over the years. Repaired and new schoolrooms attract good teachers and provide the best possible learning environment for students. Kasiisi School now ranks first among 46 primary schools in Ruteete sub-county. Nearby Kanyawara Primary School has been brought from no buildings at all - holding all classes outdoors under a tree - to five classroom buildings. There has been enormous progress.

But much work remains to be done. No water is available at the schools either for washing or drinking. Schoolchildren at Kasiisi carry water up a steep hill from a bore well as part of their daily school tasks, but the well is often dry. There is no electricity. Neither water nor electricity is truly feasible without around-the-clock security on the school grounds. The best way by far to ensure security would be to build staff housing on the grounds for teachers, which would have the added major advantage of attracting and retaining strong teachers. With very generous donations from people, schools, churches and communities, and through concerted efforts by Ugandans associated with the Kasiisi Project, staff housing is being built during 2006. The photo above dates from mid-summer 2006.