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EDUCATION IN REMOTE NAWANTALE, UGANDA – 2007/2009

Schools in remote Nawantale are in nearby Balawoli, AND THE ONLY Primary school serving Nawantale kids is in poor shape. Most of the Nawantale families cannot afford the Primary or Secondary School fees. The Uganda Community School Project will begin with both ADULT English Literacy and PRESCHOOL education right in the heart of the village on our 30 acres of land.


Balawoli is the only small crossroad near Nawantale, and is marked by its poverty and unemployment. It has one of two government High Schools in the region. Fees run approximately $15.00 US per term. One in 10 teens from Nawantale start at this school, but drops out before the term finishes for family financial reasons.

Balawoli High School – 2007


There is one Primary School which serves half of Nawantale children (K-7th grade). The school uniform color is pink. If a child wears a pink frock, he/she is in Primary School until the fees ($2.00 per term USD) become too hard to pay.

Primary School, Nawantale – 2007


Pink means children are still in school. But, notice that children wear no shoes, carry no books, wear no glasses, and have no lunch boxes. The children are poor, but they are in school until their parents cannot afford the fees.

Nawantale Primary School Children – 2007/2009

The Nawantale Region, Uganda

Nawantale is 3 hours north of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The soil is volcanic and rich. Local vegetation in the wet season grows well: tomatoes, corn (maize), potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, onions, species of collard greens (called dodo), carrots, bananas, lemons, mangoes and more.

Typical Irish Potato Field – Nawantale Area 2007

Villagers raise their own chickens, goats, beef, and hogs. When villagers tend their own crops, they eat fairly well if the harvesting can be rotated during the wet season. It is a different story when the summer season arrives, which is dry and persistently inhospitable to vegetables. Since November 2008, the entire area suffers from lack of rain! During December through early February – many families had to choose between finding water or food. TODAY, the villagers have a borehole well, so the insecurity about cooking and washing water is over! But the drought continues…

This is a new borehole well on the Uganda Community School campus for all the Nawantale villagers to use.

Edible Gardening

Before and After at the UCSPI Compound. In 2007, the compound got a facelift and a new metal gate. As you can see, the compound had rooms for our living, library, meetings, but no gardens, no shade. Using “gray water” from the washing, the food cleaning, we planted passion fruit and a local “anti-mosquito jasmine” tree and, viola! The edible garden became a model for 13 new gardens in the village.

BEFORE: Dusty, without shade, hard to appreciate.

AFTER: Passion fruit, shady gathering place, beautiful.

Thanks to our Latest Registrants!!

Individuals: Tara, Bao and Mylam
Families: The Upton Family
Businesses: The RayVan Group

They are on their way!