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 […]

In May, this year, our second recipient of a university scholarship, Kayongo David, finished his course-work for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering from Makerere University in Uganda. He is a bright and talented student who will graduate in formal ceremonies in November with a cumulative grade-point average of 4.24/5.00, and recognition by […]

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 […]

Recently, we received a letter from Mr. Ssewanyana Gerald, Head Teacher at Gayaza Cambridge College of St. Mbaaga, a secondary school in central Uganda that has received clean water and science teaching tools from Quench and Connect. Ssewanyana thanked Quench and Connect for health from access to clean water, and for funding for laboratory equipment, […]

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 […]