December 2009
6 posts
Library Project
We plan to build a library at the school by 2012. Currently pupils struggle to speak and write English. This is mostly due to a lack of faculties. Pupils are expected to write and speak it in their classes and exams yet most of the books available to them are written in the local language, Atesso. What reading material there is in short supply and usually very dated.
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Raising...
So Far...
During 2008/9 I spent six months working at Adesso. Whilst teaching I used kind donations to try and improve conditions for the pupils. These included putting doors and shutters onto each classroom to protect them. Some money was also used to purchase cows and build a shelter for them so that their milk could provide children with porridge each day. Other initiatives included purchasing of much...
School History
Adesso Primary School is located 5km from Kumi Town, in Eastern Uganda. It is a state run school of about 900 pupils ranging from 4 to 16 years old.
The school is staffed by fifteen teachers including the headmaster. Classrooms are very basic they do not have windows or doors and have only recently been shuttered to protect them from wind and rain. Desks, books and other learning materials are in...