Mpumwire Primary School

Mpumwire Primary School hangs on the border between the Budondo and Butagaya sub-counties. The school itself sits on a hill, overlooking the communities and dusty red paths below.

Before Soft Power Education worked here the school had:-

• -816 pupils
• -12 teachers
• -6 government standard classrooms – 6 condemned
• -7 pit latrine toilets
• -Water source – stream

During the summer of 2004 Madventure volunteers living locally within the village, helped us on site.

Soft Power Education has done the following:-

• -Installation of a 8,000 ltr water catchment system
• -Refurbished 6 classrooms
• -Internal and external decorating of 9 classrooms
• -Sensitised the local community and school on water catchment and maintenance
• -Ran a successful voluntary Youth Training Scheme for young males in the community