Kawango Village

Welcome to Kawango A and B!

Kawango A and B are small villages near Nkozi, about 90 km away from the busy city of Kampala on Lake Victoria. Because these villages are not on the main highways, access to modern infrastructure was practically nonexistent.

Over the last decade The Julius Foundation has worked to bring water and electricity to Kawango. However, the area is still in need of amenities, such as a medical clinic.

Kawango village borehole and pump
One of our partner projects with Engineers Wihtout Borders was to drill boreholes and install pumps in Kawango A and B.

During the difficult pandemic lockdown in 2020, we continued to develop infrastructure plans for the region. Working with local Ugandan companies, our generous supporters made possible the first electricity in the village. Now homes, businesses, and Holy Trinity School can benefit from lights, appliances, and internet.

power line at Holy Trinity School
Our electricity project allowed homes and businesses in the area to access electricity for the first time

Welcome to Holy Trinity School!

Founded in 2013, the school now educates around 400 students age 13-18, with the hope of
increasing the number to 650 students. The school is located in Kawango village, which has a
population of around 700. The school is located on 1.2 acres and includes several classrooms,
a new girls dormitory, a primatrive boys dormitory (future project), latrines, a computer building,
a science building, and primitive kitchen.

The girls’ dormitory is nearing completion!

There is a large sporting field, garden, and area where
coffee and bananas are grown for profit. Around 300 students board overnight at the school.
The school’s population includes 60% females and 40% males. There are 19 teachers and 5
additional staff. There are no textbooks, the teachers provide all the education. There is a nurse
on-call 24 hours a day who can provide basic medical care (but the village is in need of a
medical clinic). Students are now able to sit for the national exam after the completion of the
science and computer building (a requirement for the school to be a testing site).

The arrival of electricity has transformed the operations of the school
water tanks atop their platform
The installation of water tanks and a solar pump decreased the risk of water and mosquito-borne illness

Listening to the needs of the village and school and working with local companies to complete projects are essential to finding sustainable solutions. We have made great progress, but there is still much to do. Sanitation is a major issue, and as the school grows the situation will worsen.

Sanitation is still an issue for the school

Agnes and Berna – A Success Story

Agnes and Berna used to collect water from a small, dirty hole far from the village. They frequently had to miss classes in order to complete this daily task.

Mosquitos were everywhere, which meant that the girls would catch malaria frequently, missing even more school.

a man standing by a flowing tap

After clean water became available, the girls no longer had to walk, miss class, or risk disease in order to collect water. A year later, the girls had reported no new malaria cases!