Photo Collection Jjongoza Community »
Fr. Aloysius Lwanga Bukenya, born at Jjongoza Village, Kalisizo
sub-county, Rakai District. In the photo, he was sharing at a Christmas meal
with the student seminarians of the Apostles of Jesus Seminary Bukinda – Kabale,
where he served as Rector from 2003 – 2006
Fr. Aloysius Bukenya posing for a photograph at an Entebbe
Restaurant, where he participated at the farewell party of Prose Bazannyanengo,
who went for a PhD in biological studies in Finland
Some members of the Jjongoza Community at the village school
which started in January 2004 at the Initiative of the Tusitukire Wamu Women’s
Group. The women saw an urgent need to build a school as a strategy of bringing
education closer to the community. It was also envisaged as a channel of
bringing development to the village.
Some children of the Jjongoza Village, some of these benefit from
the village school, others have to walk long distances to primary schools at
Kalisizo or Kyango, or Kikondo via unsafe bushes. Those who walk to Kalisizo
have to walk a stretch of the Masaka – Bukoba Road surviving very fast motor
traffic. The initiative of the village school is advantageous to many children
of the Jjongoza village.
School in the making. In the background are the two incomplete
buildings of the school. One of them is already being used by pupils in the
primary school section: from the first to the fourth year. The pupils in the
fourth year will hopefully join the fifth primary school year. The school
building have been constructed with funds and resources raised by the members of
the local community. The members of the community are interested in completing
the school structures, but they need extra financial support for the following:
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to complete the two constructions
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to furnish the school with teaching
equipment and books, pencils and pens, and charts.
Thanks to the contributions made by the
Harambee Center in Portland Oregon, their extension of friendship has been cause
of encouragement. Thanks too to the Rotary Clubs of Kajjansi and Brunswick Grand
Maine, who are funding a sanitation facility and a water tank. There is urgent
need for completing the construction of the buildings and of providing teaching
resources.
In the photo are the children of St. Michael’s Jjongoza Village
school together with Mary Tennant from the Rotary Club of Brunswick, and Brother
Francis Bluin (Director of Kisubi Brothers Centre of Uganda Martyrs University.
They visited the Jjongoza school in May 2007, and started a process of getting a
Rotary Grant to pay for a sanitation facility and a water tank. In this project
they are collaborating with Fr. Aloysius Bukenya, who belongs to the Rotary Club
of Kajjansi.
In the blue Gomessi (attire) is Mary Mukabubbu together with
other members of the village community. They were participating in the village
community meeting during which they were assessing the needs of the school.
The headteacher (in blue) is explaining the state of the school
to the visiting Rotarian Mary Tennant. Rotarian Ssenkindu (Kalisizo RC)
interpreting into Luganda the headteacher’s message.
Some women of the Jjongoza community colorfully clad in their
Baganda traditional Gommessi.
Part of the school building which requires funding for
completion: Roofing, plastering, flooring, and painting, and stocking with
educational/teaching materials.
Two community leader: Mrs. Lusiba Namatovu, president of the
provisional Jjongoza Rotary Community Corp; and Mr. Marsiale Lwanga Ssalongo (my
father) the Community Catechist. He is a consultant on many community matters.
He is a keen educator who has invested much of his energies of education of his
children and of his neighbours. He is a key supporter of the village development
projects.
The ideas for protected water springs, water tanks, and
sanitation facilities in schools will promote the communities wellbeing.
Compiled by Aloysius Bukenya
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