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St. John's Church in Haydon's Wick, Swindon have been supporting various projects in Luwero including Kiwoko Hospital, the Blind Centre at Balitta and Bwasiba Primary School.

The big primary school at Balitta is too far away from Bwasiba for young children to walk so the Reverend William Kiwanuka helped the Bwasiba parents to get a primary school going next to the church in a broken down mud school room dating from colonial days. There was only one classroom so most of the classes sat on bricks outside. There was no furniture except some church benches for the oldest children and no books. That was 1999. Now, thanks primarily to St. John's the old classroom is repaired and a new brick classroom has been added.

A big problem was lack of water at the school and the ground was found to be unsuitable for a well or borehole. But the new classroom has a corrugated iron roof which meant that a water catchment scheme was a possibilty. At this point Churchdown Secondary School, near Gloucester stepped in with money for gutters and a large ferrous cement tank built by the Water Sector.

The school at Bwasiba, with it's new water catchment scheme.
 

The Introductory Phase (1993-1996)

Meanwhile St. John's have continued their support with a donation towards a second new classroom at Basiba together with a further gift to Kiwoko Hospital. Their link with Luwero Diocese is growing. The two vicars, Raymond Adams and William Kiwanuka correspond and their letters are building up a mutual friendship and understanding between their two communities.

The money for the new tank has kindly been donated by St. John's Church in Swindon.

18/02/01 - Frances David

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