Schoolterm starts

"Finally going to school"

 When highschool students go back to school after vacation or so they may be annoyed by it. But every child, no matter if in the U.K., Germany or Uganda is proud and happy to go to school for the first time.
Abato Junior School opened it's doors for the children of Mpigi, Uganda on the 3rd of February 2014. 300 kids are getting a fair chance to the education, they deserve thanks to Abato Foundation Uganda.

The day starts early in the morning. The children line up and wait for their teachers to take them to class (which by the way is exactly how my elementary school started in Germany).

After wishing a good morning to their teachers they pray together (85 % of the people of Uganda are christian). Prayers are an important part of their daily lives.

The taught subjects are all the ones you may remember from your time in school: Science, mathematics, social studies, computer literacy (which you may actually not remember from your school time, but you can probably imagine how important this subject is nowadays), music and of course english.

With all the learning of course children also have to have some quality playtime. Abato Junior School has it's own playground for the students.

After a long period of playtime you also have to rest a little, and of course drink something to stay healthy.

The team of teachers, which Anne and I will support soon, is always looking out for the children, no matter if in class or at the playground. They are there to serve the children. In the picture you can see the teachers with the super proud founder of the school: Moses.
(a small riddle for you guys: Two of the people in the picture are not really teachers! Can you guess who?)

And just because I love this picture so much, here's my favourite shot from Abato Junior School so far. Isn't she just adorable?

I hope you could get an impression of what Abato Junior School looks like.

The current donations are used to make more school uniforms for the children, buy pencils, chalk, papers and other stuff that's necessary for the classes and to upgrade the building even further.

If you want to know how to donate please get in touch with us!
 

 Julian

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