Raising standards in schools! 6th November 2013

Standard School has 200 children who have no parents and another 150 who have only one parent.  Wilson, the head teacher, is very enthusiastic to make this a successful school having lost both his parents himself. The school does not charge any school fees (unusual in Uganda for a non-government school) but supports itself through existing agricultural projects. This generally works except that there is no money left over for school lunch and with vulnerable children this is an especially vital meal. So we decided that we should do two things:

·        *Buy an acre of land near the school and let Standard use it to grow food for the children’s lunches – one acre is enough to grow food for the year with our new techniques.

·        *Rent a small plot next to the school as a school garden, to teach the children the new techniques and nutrition.

Moses oversees this work and as we are able we plan to extend the work to other schools. We really believe that eating well is one of the keys to healthy children growing and learning. This is truly one of our standards!