Why we are needed
Education is something that children all over the world take for granted, but for many in Uganda education is something they can only dream of. The Ugandan government have introduced Universal Primary Education, but after this secondary education is prohibitively expensive. Average school fees are almost x1.5 of the average income per person in Uganda.

Buloba, where the school is being built, does not have a secondary school and the majority of children would never get the chance to continue their education. This in turn means that they have no qualifications or vocational experience and therefore struggle to get jobs. Springs of Hope High School aims to improve this situation both for the children in Buloba as well as those who have been orphaned throughout Uganda, as a result of the LRA conflict or AIDS.

What we have done
CETU was set up in August 2005 and between then and February 2006 we raised the money to buy the land for the school. Money was raised through a sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro, individual donations and events. Thanks to everyone who contributed! We bought two acres of land in Buloba, a village to the west of Kampala, along the Mityana Road.

$34,000 was raised for the construction of the school through the GVN Foundation by volunteers who completed another sponsored climb of Kilimanjaro.

The clearing of the land began in November 2006 and the construction was completed at the end of February 2007. Look at the building project(link to the buildings)

On going works
The school opened on 26th February 2007 with 5 classrooms, a girls and a boys dormitory, bathrooms and a kitchen. In our first term we have had 27 pupils studying with us. The number of children we can support depends on how many sponsors we have. If you are interested in sponsoring a child, please click here.

We have already had some very kind donations of equipment to enable us to furnish the school. Laptops to run the organisation have been donated by Bain & Company and the funds to buy all our text books have been donated by OCEP.

We are currently searching for laboratory equipment, sports equipment, computers and books for a library. If you are able to donate any of these things, please email Sarah at sarah@cetu.org.uk.

Future plans
We gradually want to expand our school by buying the plot of land next door to continue constructing so that we can eventually accommodate 800 children.

We also want to build additional facilities, including staff and volunteer quarters, a library, a computer room and a laboratory. Eventually, we would also like to build a vocational school and to partner with a micro-loan programme so that the pupils would have job opportunities when they leave.