“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
 --- Margaret Mead

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A new borehole was drilled early this year on the campus of Bata Secondary School in the Dokolo District of northern Uganda. Most of the people in the region are peasant farmers.  The school was founded in 1983, as a government-aided secondary school, as part of a government pledge to provide secondary education to vulnerable […]

Borehole Wells

August 17, 2023

New borehole at Bata Secondary School Dokolo District

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A new borehole was drilled at the end of 2022 on the campus of St. Paul Secondary School in the Sironko District of eastern Uganda. The school was established in 2001 to serve students in the Sironko and Bukeda districts who cannot afford to attend expensive schools in the Mbale region.  Enrollment has grown steadily, […]

Borehole Wells

May 9, 2023

New borehole at St. Paul Secondary School Nampanga

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In February, our third scholarship student, Kilili Debo Roy graduated from Makerere University with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.  He will now serve a required year of service as an intern and then find work in the health care industry in Uganda.  Kilili survived multiple school lockdowns during the pandemic and managed to […]

Scholarships

May 9, 2023

Scholarship student graduates from university

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Tropical High School, in the Iganga District of southeastern Uganda, received a borehole from Quench and Connect in 2020, during the pandemic. The borehole is functioning on campus, and when parents sent their children back to boarding school after three consecutive government COVID lockdowns, the enrollment nearly doubled since this school offered clean water to […]

Educational Tools

August 17, 2022

Science teaching tools at Tropical High School

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A new borehole was drilled in the Spring on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Nebbi District of northwestern Uganda. The local community is largely peasant farmers, who have little income. The school was opened five years ago in an old church to give parents an alternative to another school in […]

Borehole Wells

August 17, 2022

New borehole at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School Akanyo

students pumping water from borehole