A long time supporter of the House of Jairus project recently donated a new bicycle to Mr Sadati. It was such a joyful moment for all the teachers, students and parents. Read his story.
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Last year we supported 9 children at Success Nursery and Primary School that were deemed At Risk. These 9 children came from some of our extremely poor families who struggle to provide them with their mot basic needs.
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The students at Success Nursery and Primary School have not been able to attend since March this year. It has been made more difficult with the lack of resources available to them whilst in lockdown. The Ugandan government provided school lessons via the radio and television but most Idudi families are without these privilege’s. But our dedicated teacher and volunteer teams made sure the students weren’t forgotten.
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Covid 19 hit Idudi community in early March. They weren't suffering from the virus itself but from job loss leading to devestating food shortages. Families are in lockdown, jobs have been lost and buying food is becoming a major problem for many families. The House of Jairus was able to bring some much needed relief for families thanks to some amazing donations through our food releif appleal
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40 new desks were made and delivered to Success Nursery and Primary School in early March. Prior to this students had been sitting on classroom floors, and trying to read and write made it very uncomfortable for them.
There was a lot of excitement when they arrived. Now students can do their work at a desk and feel like a true student.
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Idudi community and Success Nursery and Primary School were excited to welcome our friend Allan Toole from Livingwater.org.au in February.
Read about his visit and our plans for new land and community gardens here
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October 2019
Go Fund Me page “Hope for Halima” was set up to provide a much needed operation for 10 year old Halima one of Canan’s students. The operation is now complete. Read her amazing journey.
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Success Nursery and Primary School caters for 230 plus students. Only 1/4 of the children can afford full fee payments of $12 AUD per year, 1/2 can afford $5 AUD and the remainder can not afford any fees. These fees mainly cover exam papers. The School is currently run by a group of loyal volunteers including a cook. Canan Magezi is the only qualified teacher.
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Young Canan’s story
Canan Magezi is a former sponsor child of Compassion International Uganda (pictured here, 1997). His sponsor was Hayley Quinn from Australia. With the help of Compassion International and Hayley through the Canan was able to study through all the levels of school and was awarded a Bachelor of Science with Education of Kyambogo University, one of the most reputable Universities in Uganda. In addition to that he was awarded a certificate of completion of the leadership development program. Also through attending the Compassion Centre programs, he accepted and confessed Jesus as his Lord and Saviour at a very tender age in a Sunday school.
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