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 June, Quench and Connect wired funds to two of our project schools for computers. Each of these schools had previously received support from Quench and Connect to set up science teaching laboratories for their students (funds awarded by the VWR Foundation, now the Avantor Foundation). The teachers at each school purchased items of small equipment for the teaching labs,
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
In January, this year, our second recipient of a university scholarship, Kayongo David, joined in commencement exercises at Makerere University in Kampala. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering. He and his family celebrated his degree, since he is the first in his family to attend university. As you can see from the picture, he is a
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