Sh460m for devt in primary schools
Nov 30, 2009
PRIMARY schools have got about sh460m to improve infrastructure and education from the Stromme Foundation (SF), a Norwegian development organisation.
By Joseph Wanzusi
PRIMARY schools have got about sh460m to improve infrastructure and education from the Stromme Foundation (SF), a Norwegian development organisation.
The primary schools which will benefit from the project include Nabuwutu and Bumusamali in Sironko district, Bunamubi in Bududa district, Khamoto in Mbale district and Kiwata Primary School in Manafwa district.
The East African regional director, Priscilla Serukka, said the funds would be channelled through Uganda Women Concern Ministry, a local NGO in Mbale.
She was speaking at a five-day annual international meeting involving participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America at Mbale Resort Hotel on Friday.
The meeting was attended by delegates from Southern Sudan, Bangaladesh, Niger, Peru, Sri Lanka, India and Norway.
Serukka said her organisation would work with the community and local development partners to address the issues affecting education in rural areas.
She explained that part of the funds would be used to provide learning materials, training for parents and teachers association members and teaching staff members school management.
Serukka said the foundation would also start a programme to address economic empowerment of communities living around the schools invoved in the project.
She added that after carrying out a survey, it was established that poverty was rampant in many households, making it difficult for parents to provide for their children.
Serukka said SF had received sh279m from Cordaid and Rating Fund to support microfinance institutions in making an impact on poor people socially and financially.
She said among the microfinance intitutions to benefit from this programme include BRAC Uganda, Pride Uganda, MCDT Uganda, MEDNET and CREAM.
The participants visited Kiwata Primary School in Manafwa district, where SF is constructing a three- classroom block.
Stroome Foundation was established in 1976 and started from the fund raising initiated by a Lutheran pastor Olav Kristian Stromme, for projects on education targetting women.
PRIMARY schools have got about sh460m to improve infrastructure and education from the Stromme Foundation (SF), a Norwegian development organisation.
The primary schools which will benefit from the project include Nabuwutu and Bumusamali in Sironko district, Bunamubi in Bududa district, Khamoto in Mbale district and Kiwata Primary School in Manafwa district.
The East African regional director, Priscilla Serukka, said the funds would be channelled through Uganda Women Concern Ministry, a local NGO in Mbale.
She was speaking at a five-day annual international meeting involving participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America at Mbale Resort Hotel on Friday.
The meeting was attended by delegates from Southern Sudan, Bangaladesh, Niger, Peru, Sri Lanka, India and Norway.
Serukka said her organisation would work with the community and local development partners to address the issues affecting education in rural areas.
She explained that part of the funds would be used to provide learning materials, training for parents and teachers association members and teaching staff members school management.
Serukka said the foundation would also start a programme to address economic empowerment of communities living around the schools invoved in the project.
She added that after carrying out a survey, it was established that poverty was rampant in many households, making it difficult for parents to provide for their children.
Serukka said SF had received sh279m from Cordaid and Rating Fund to support microfinance institutions in making an impact on poor people socially and financially.
She said among the microfinance intitutions to benefit from this programme include BRAC Uganda, Pride Uganda, MCDT Uganda, MEDNET and CREAM.
The participants visited Kiwata Primary School in Manafwa district, where SF is constructing a three- classroom block.
Stroome Foundation was established in 1976 and started from the fund raising initiated by a Lutheran pastor Olav Kristian Stromme, for projects on education targetting women.