A new borehole was drilled on the campus of Kyotera Secondary School in the Kyotera District of southeastern Uganda earlier this year (see picture below). This school is a one of the strongest in the region, and 417 students board at the school to study at both O and A level. Previously, these students were fetching their drinking water from
In 2018, a Global Grant award was made by Rotary International to fund drilling of new boreholes at four Quench and Connect schools. The grant was initiated by Dr. Charles Weber, a rotarian at the Rotary Club of Dubuque IA. The host country rotary club was Rotary Club Central of Kampala, with Quench and Connect as strategic partner. Rotary clubs
A new borehole was drilled (see picture) on the campus of Trinity College Nabbingo Secondary School in the Wakiso District of central Uganda, near the capitol city Kampala. This school is a large all-girls boarding school with an enrollment of 1700. The campus is located in a peri-urban area, but until now contaminated water was pumped to holding tanks and
In late September, Our Chair of the Board of Directors, Ramona Walker, and I, went to Uganda. We saw big changes that we would like to share with you. We visited seven schools that have received boreholes and teaching tools from Quench and Connect. We attended several dedications of new boreholes and saw science labs and computer facilities that have been set up
Recently, a new borehole was drilled (see picture) on the campus of Kabaale Sanje Secondary School in the Rakai District of southern Uganda, near the border with Tanzania. This school is the largest in the district with nearly 3000 students enrolled who come from mostly poor farming families. It is the largest school to ever receive a borehole from Quench
We are happy to report that we have provided a water catchment system to collect rainwater at Bududa Secondary School in the eastern part of Uganda. This school has 1495 children who come as day students in an urban area of the Bududa District. The campus area is very congested and so drilling a borehole was not possible at this