Kitgum
For many years Northern Uganda was ravaged by civil war which forced thousands of rural farmers off their land into Internal Displacement Camps (IDP). Village life and family life was destroyed, farming skills were lost and schools were shut down. Once the IDP camps were disestablished, Kitgum Matidi Primary School continued to operate.
In 2012 be* partnered with the school to assist in the financing and construction oversight of seven classrooms which will accomodate 300+ children.
The Kitgum Matidi School is situated some kilometres from the much larger town of Kitgum itself. Kitgum Matidi means ‘little kitgum’.
Old school buildings
The first 4 classrooms were completed in late 2015/early 2016
Concrete floors, brick walls and iron roofs now replaced the old mud and stick structure. Further funding will provide metal framed joinery.
Total Cost of Project $70,000 NZD
Project Status: Current
Kitgum School Project Breakdown
Other Ongoing Projects in the Kitgum region
be* is also involved in funding various other initiatives in the region around Kitgum, some directed toward long-term farming sustainability and efficiency, thus enabling farmers to pay school fees. More recently an exciting tertiary educational facility is mostly completed, with approximately 8 training disciplines, and 230 students attending:
Oxen & Ploughs
Oxen and Ploughs enables the land to be farmed more efficiently producing a greater harvest.
Honey Project
be* funded 50 hives as a community honey producing project, to assist families. Honey can be sold at the local markets with profits returning to the families.
Moroto
The girls of Project Moroto
Project Moroto is a home for orphaned girls on a one acre site in the town of Moroto. In 2011 as piece of land was given to Project Moroto for a childcare facility by the local community. Since then we have built a dormitory for 18 girls, a dining room, a kitchen, bathroom block, a pavilion to give the girls a shaded outside area, a storage room and a room for the live-in Mama.
As a staged project a further two-story larger tuition and meeting facility has been completed, together with high security fencing encircling and protecting the complete facility. There are hundreds of girl orphans in Moroto – we want to change the lives of as many as we can. Not only do we change their lives but an educated girl can change an economy!
Total Cost of Project $120,000 NZD
Project Status: be* contribution is now complete and Project Moroto runs the ongoing project
This project is now being run by another NZ Registered Charity, Project Moroto.