In the Rakai District of southeastern Uganda, villages are very poor and water is scarce.  School facilities are very minimal.  The 300 students at this school received a borehole this year and no longer have to drink contaminated water (see the picture).  Funds for this borehole were donated by the McFadden Family of Omaha NE.  […]

A new borehole has been constructed at Bujuuku Secondary School in the Mpigi District near Kampala.  Funds for this borehole were provided by a Global Grant from Rotary International led by Rotarian Charles Weber of the Rotary Club of Dubuque IA, with Quench and Connect as Strategic Partner.  This school is in a very poor […]

Kilili Debo Roy is our third recipient of a university scholarship from Quench and Connect. He is now in his second year studying medicine at Makerere University in Kampala and doing very well.  When we met him in Uganda, he told us that he had just received his grades and had earned a gpa of […]

Otumbari Secondary School is located in northern Uganda in the Arua District.  305 students board and study at this school.  The borehole is shared by members of the local community and thus promotes good will with members of the village.  The picture shows some of the students at their new borehole.  The wooden structures protect […]

In late October, photographer Helena Hessle and I went to Uganda.  We travelled over 1800 kilometers throughout the country to visit eight schools that have received boreholes and teaching tools from Quench and Connect in the past year.  We saw the new boreholes and science labs and computer facilities that have been set up with […]