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Education
Royal College Namugongo – School Fees and Ramps
Education for children from poor families and step-free access to school
Together with our partner ABI we covered school fees for children from poor families – and, with donations from the Wilhelm-Remy-Gymnasium in Bendorf, built ramps for step-free access to the school.
€14,189.36
raised by WRG Bendorf on the 2017 action day “Your Day for Africa”
over €7,000
of which went to ABI in Uganda
Royal College Namugongo is a school in Namugongo near Kampala. Many families in the area cannot afford school fees – and for children using a wheelchair or walking aids, classrooms reached by steps were hard to access.
What we did
- School fees: Through our partner organisation ABI (formerly “Ability Beyond the Iris”, now Anchored Bridges Initiatives) we covered school fees for children from poor families so they could stay in school.
- Ramps: With donations from our partner school in Bendorf, ramps were built at Royal College – for step-free access to the school buildings.
Partnership with the Wilhelm-Remy-Gymnasium Bendorf
On the action day “Your Day for Africa” run by Aktion Tagwerk, students of the Wilhelm-Remy-Gymnasium (WRG) in Bendorf raised a total of €14,189.36 in 2017. More than €7,000 of it went to ABI in Uganda. Boaz Murinzi Murema, co-founder of ABI and today chair of Bantu e.V., had visited the school and reported on the projects; a longer Uganda project grew out of this with a year-six class. The connection to Bendorf continues: a partner school in Bendorf also took part in the youth exchange Okushoma kwa Boona.
More about the school: wrg-online.de
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