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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]