We were very excited to receive these photos from School Director Elius in early June – Uphill Junior School now has electricity! Power for…
We were very excited to receive these photos from School Director Elius in early June – Uphill Junior School now has electricity! Power for…
Whenever I say I am going to visit Uganda for the Uphill Trust, those who know my profession immediately say, “Ah, you’ll be going…
When you think of school transport you probably think of a white minibus, or one of those yellow American school buses, and Uphill Junior…
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…
We were very privileged to introduce independent film maker and photographer Geraint Hill to Uphill Junior School during our recent trustee visit. By happy…
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…
We are hugely grateful to Phil Horne of Edinburgh-based e-business promotion for donating the considerable time and expertise of his team that has resulted in…
All private schools in Uganda are expected to have at least one health care provider on site to attend to the first aid needs…
Uganda is full of micro-enterprises, and making beads for paper bead jewellery is just one of them. The trust has forged a strong relationship…
Another in our series of posts about some of the children being supported in school by the Pupil Support Fund: R joined Uphill Junior…
The new McNabb classroom block was completed in August 2016, just in time for the beginning of the final term of the school year….
Event 1 – 2015 On Saturday 17 October the day dawned clear and cold and ‘Danny the Paralympian’ and three members of The Uphill…
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…
Clockwise from top left: Uphill Ambassadors Di Hartrup – Mags Black – Debbie Herbert – Joely & Bethan “I feel passionately that EVERYONE…
In 2017 a large amount of school and trustee effort was directed towards liaising with officials from the Ministry of Education and various local…
Meet the Uphill Marathon Runners 2017! The Stirling Scottish Marathon, being held for the very first time in May 2017 and pretty much on…
Catriona Laird, Scottish illustrator and comic artist, has written and illustrated a lovely book called Patience Goes Uphill. Catriona is Liddy’s daughter and has been…
Another in our series of posts about the children being helped by the Pupil Support Fund: L has four brothers and one sister and…
When the Uphill Trust came into being, Uphill Junior School comprised a wooden building on a rented site in the centre of Iruhuura Trading…
Blog post by Liddy Laird I’m sure many of us had an inspirational teacher during our days at school or university. These teachers made…
