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Need for a real boarding school

Welcome in Nyakashambya

Education for girls

Since 2018, Oxfam-Wereldwinkel Veurne and the coffee cooperative ACPCU from Uganda have been jointly supporting this school. This way, girls in this region also get a chance of a decent education. A success, as pupil numbers increase year after year. As is the success rate of girls in the seventh grade.
How it began
Oxfam-Wereldwinkel Veurne has been closely involved with the Ugandan coffee farmers' cooperative ACPCU since 2014. In 2018, we visited them there and learned that the cooperative supported Nyakashambya primary school. How ? The cooperative's coffee farmers planted a coffee field near the school, with a promise to buy the harvested coffee beans from them at a fair price. The school invests the proceeds in better education. Inspired by this example, the volunteers from Veurne also set up actions for the school. Result: two classes finally received school desks, the school was able to have new windows installed and one of the school buildings received a protective coat of paint.
Need for a proper boarding school
For girls living far from school, boarding school is the only option. But there is no dormitory. The children sleep on mattresses in regular classrooms. The school dreams of building a proper girls' dormitory. This will allow even more girls to attend school, study in a safe environment and build a future in the years to come. Of course, the Oxfam-Wereldwinkel of Veurne and the local coffee cooperative are once again putting all their energy into making this dream come true into this dream. But that can only happen with your support.
Succes story!
The good results of Nyakashambya's students and especially the extra opportunities the school creates for girls soon went around the region. Today, parents send their children to this school from far and wide. Since 2016, pupil numbers have increased no less than ninefold: from 87 to 792 children by the end of 2024. A great success ... but the buildings are bursting at the seams.

Make this dream come true!

With your support, the Nyakashambya school can establish a full boarding school for the girls who attend school there. Make a donation and give them a future.

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Curriculum

Our programs

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2.5 - 4
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the project's timeline

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The ground floor is now finished in shell construction
october
2024
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The ground floor is now finished in shell construction
october
2024
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the building is really starting to be visible
june
2024
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the building is really starting to be visible
june
2024
Funderingen
If these aren't solid foundations...
june 4
2024
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Construction progress
May
2024
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Construction works started

The works for the construction of the boarding school were finally able to start today. Due to a lot of rain caused by climate change, both the proper location on the site and the construction plans have had to be adjusted. But now we are finally off.

14 April
2024
Afscheidsfeest 7 PM
Examination 2023

93 children participated in the national Primary Leave Examination at the end of 2023.  The results were excellent.  32 graduated with grade 1 (>90%), 54 with grade 2 (>75%), and 9 children with grade 3 or 4 (passed).

January
2024
Schoolplein
The number of pupils continued to grow.

 By the end of 2023, 808 pupils are registred, of which 422 girls.

December
2023
Op bezoek bij OWW Veurne
Visit from Uganda

John Nuwagaba, the general manager of the coffee cooperative ACPCU, our partner in this project, took the opportunity to visit us in Veurne inbetween a congress in the Netherlands and a coffee fair in Athens. We were able to discuss together how the construction of the boarding school will proceed and he expressed his gratitude to the volunteers from the Wereldwinkel for their years of commitment to the Nyakashambya Primary School. John was also received by the Mayor and aldermen of the city of Veurne who once again expressed their commitment to this beautiful project.

June
2023
Start 2023
The new school year has started very well in Uganda.

After a pleasant holiday, the new school year started on 6th February. Many pupils are eagerly awaiting all the opportunities they can get.  And once again, girls make up more than half of all pupils.

February
2023
7 PM 2022
72 students took part in the National Final Examination for Year 7 in December 2022. 69 of them graduated in Grade 1 or Grade 2 (entrance to secondary). But the most important news of : 2/3 of them were girls.
January
2023
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Biggest challenge in the school's history: construction of a girls' dormitory
January
2023
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School is bursting at the seams. By the end of 2022, 721 children are registred, of wich 369 girls
December
2022
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During Covid, all schools in Uganda will be closed for 22 months. Only 7th class students are allowed to attend classes in preparation for their final exams.
November
2022
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Student number 2022

700 students

September
2022
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Besides new windows, the roof will also be taken care of.
February
2020
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The original project culminates in a total approach to the entire building. This is when the new windows are delivered.
January
2020
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Student number 2019

456 students

September
2019
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But the children especially love these school desks
May
2019
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First school desks arrive and are tested by the school staff
June
2019
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Climate storm makes our plans even more challenging
May
2019
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Highest need according to the school team were school desks for first and second class
January
2019
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This is how we found the school building on the first visit
October
2018
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Student number 2016 2017 2018

87 students in 2016
225 students in 2017
390 students in 2018

October
2018
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First visit
October
2018

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