November 04, 2020

Primary school and high school reopen to students

We are thrilled that our primary and high school have been able to partially reopen to students this month. Classes for Primary 7 and Senior 4 (last year of “ordinary- level” high school) were allowed to resume for schools who were certified to meet government standards for COVID safeguards. Though we only had 44 students total in those two classes, we are grateful to have at least some of our students learning, growing, eating daily meals, being tended by our school nurse, and being loved with Jesus’ love.

It is very expensive to operate the schools for so few students, so we thank you for your support that enabled us to say yes to participating in this government-certified trial-reopening that will hopefully lead to a full reopening next year. The note below is from our high school head-teacher expressing his appreciation to you for equipping them to open our doors wide to children again:

“When the government of Uganda allowed the phased re-opening of schools, it almost seemed impossible for our schools to reopen with so few students due to budget issues. Additionally, putting in place all the new operating procedures as directed by the government became quite expensive. We would therefore like to thank you so much for coming in to alleviate this pressure from us by helping to avail ALL the equipment and items that we needed to keep all our students and staff safe from COVID-19. It’s because of this that the government allowed us to operate after inspection of our schools for compliance against COVID-19. We are forever grateful and we promise to be good stewards of this equipment as we strive to keep our schools free from COVID-19. We also pledge to make all your efforts worth your while as we aim at providing the best education for our students at Ebenezer schools.”

~Jotham Musiime, Head Teacher Ebenezer High School


Welcome back, precious one!

We can have up to 25 students/class to keep a safe social distance

New touchless handwashing stations and signage

Every student’s temperature is taken before classes daily