School Building Campaign

Why we bought instead of building

In February 2026 we looked at the existing property and met with the owners. They thought we had come to purchase it. I told them we would like to continue renting, but they wanted to sell.

We began pricing land and getting quotes for a new school from scratch. Buying this one and improving it came out better on the numbers — but the reason we chose it was the children. Building new would have meant moving them and sending them to another school. Not just our 150 but the 327 others would be looking for another school. This way they stayed in their classrooms with their teachers and in their beds. The work goes on around them.

The land and the school are bought and paid for ($77,800). The problem we have is we have need for (10) classrooms. We only have (7) existing classrooms. We also only have one dormitory and so the boys occupy one of the (7) classrooms. The girls’ dormitory is too far away from their toilet. The boys’ toilet and bathhouse are in bad shape.

Our solution is a phased approach — building a secure fence first, then a (4) classroom block that will give us the (10) classrooms we need and (1) extra for the boys to stay in until next year, when we build the girls a dorm closer to the existing toilet. Then move the boys over to the existing girls’ dorm. Then girls’ toilet/washroom will allow the staff to have dedicated toilets. Then the boys’ toilet/washroom. Then build the boys a dormitory of their own, which lets us remodel the existing dorm building into a multifunction building.

Already done and paid for

The property — 4.2 acres and the school buildingsBought outright in May 2026.

Done

$77,800

What we bought — (7) buildings on 4.2 acres. The registered survey at Kauma, showing the buildings, the utilities and the parking as they stood. Jonathan Muwanguzi, 27 May 2026.

Lightning arrestorsDuring the 3-year closure the copper was stolen from the (2) classroom blocks, and they were never properly grounded. The dormitory had never had an arrestor at all.

Done

$1,100

A lightning arrestor on the roof ridge with its conductor — **The arrestor** on the roof ridge.

An earth rod clamped to a strap inside a concrete grounding box — **The grounding box** — earth rod and strap.

City water brought to the siteTapped in as a back-up to the well, and to give pressurised water for the showers and the laundry.

Done

$500

Two men at a new tap with water running — **City water** — the new tap, running.

The water meter in its trench — **The meter** on the new line.

Perimeter fence around the 4.2 acresGoing up now.

Funded

$12,253

Concrete fence posts set in a line along the road boundary — **The fence going up** along the road boundary.

Workers hanging chain-link mesh on concrete posts — **An example** of how ours will finish.

Still to fund

Six buildings, in order.

The finished school — (13) buildings, new or remodelled. The same ground with the work still to do drawn on it: red is what we build, blue already stands.

1 · this year

Four-classroom block

$20,000

116 by 36 feet, beside the two existing blocks. Drawn and out to bid. $10,000 is in hand; $10,000 remains. Give to this building →

What it will look like when it is up.

2 · 2027

Girls’ dormitory

$20,000

68 by 21 feet. Most of these children are orphans and live at the school. Give to this building →

The dormitory layout — two rooms of 34 by 15 feet, each opening onto the verandah.

3 · 2027

Girls’ toilet and washroom

$15,000

Five toilets and five showers, handicap accessible. Give to this building →

The proposed bath house — how it will look.

4 · 2027

Boys’ toilet and washroom

$15,000

The same block as the girls’. Give to this building →

The proposed bath house — how it will look.

5 · 2027

Boys’ dormitory

$20,000

68 by 21 feet, on the opposite boundary. The boys sleep in a classroom today. Give to this building →

The dormitory layout — two rooms of 34 by 15 feet, each opening onto the verandah.

6 · 2028

Remodel of the old dormitory

$10,000

Becomes a computer lab, chorus room, laundry and nursing clinic once the new dormitories open. Give to this building →

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