School

Meeting Needs’ Latrine

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As we all know, you can never have too many toilets in a school!  Thanks to a generous grant from the charity Meeting Needs,…

Uphill is building again!

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As The Uphill Trust approaches it’s 4th birthday we are delighted to be starting another year of building at Uphill Junior School. Thanks to…

Legacy of Light

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Something we take for granted  – electric light – is a making a huge difference to the  pupils at Uphill Junior School. Thanks to…

Soap and Hand Washing

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Did you know that only 0.05% of Ugandan rural school children have access to hand washing facilities? This means that over 99 % of…

Accidents will happen

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Wherever there are children with high spirits and the joy of rising to the challenge, occasional accidents will happen. In this young boy’s case,…

Clean Water for Uphill

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Clean water is essential for good health, everywhere in the world, but this can be difficult to achieve at times. When we first became…

Power for Education

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We were very excited to receive these photos from School Director Elius in early June – Uphill Junior School now has electricity! Power for…

Uphill on the road

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When you think of school transport you probably think of a white minibus, or one of those yellow American school buses, and Uphill Junior…

Low Tech, High Fun

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Sometimes it’s the simple things that bring the greatest rewards. As there is no electrical power at Uphill (yet) and it was the rainy…

Congratulations Mr & Mrs Director!

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On Sunday 25 March 2018 Elius Muhimbisemarried his lovely bride  Shalot Tushabe in St Peter’s Church, Iruhuura. Their gorgeous daughter Sandra celebrated the day…

School Nurse for Uphill

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All private schools in Uganda are expected to have at least one health care provider on site to attend to the first aid needs…

McNabb Classroom Block is Finished!

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The new McNabb classroom block was completed in August 2016, just in time for the beginning of the final term of the school year….

A playground for Kindergarten

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Finally, we have a playground for Kindergarten! We don’t yet have permanent buildings for the Uphill Kindergarten but, after much deliberation, we decided that…

Working towards a School Licence

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In 2017 a large amount of  school and trustee effort was directed towards liaising with officials from the Ministry of Education and various local…

New Home for Uphill

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When the Uphill Trust came into being, Uphill Junior School comprised a wooden building on a rented site in the centre of Iruhuura Trading…

Security Fence for Uphill

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During the first part of 2016, when the McNabb Classroom Block was under construction, it became clear that a good quality security fence was…

Where is Uphill Junior School?

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Uphill Junior School is located in the village of Iruhuura, in the crater lake hills 35km south of the town of Fort Portal in western Uganda…