Namwendwa Primary School
Number of pupils : 760 (386 boys & 374 girls)
School Motto : The early bird catches the worm
Founded in the 1960s, Namwendwa is one of the oldest primary schools in the district. Namwendwa's location, on the junction of two major roads and surrounded by an area of fertile agricultural land, has resulted in rapid population growth in the last decade. The school itself has grown from only 300 pupils in the 1990s to over 700 pupils today. This increased enrolment put a lot of pressure on the school's resources. As a result, during 2014 and 2019 HvSMF completed many new projects.
The school now has 12 classrooms , with an average of 76 pupils per classroom. All the teachers now live on site which means they have more time for preparing and marking lessons. Hopefully, following the 2019 donations, the school will be able to improve their academic results.
This is the school that Mr Samanya Godfrey, the retired head teacher at Bupadhengo Primary, went to as a boy and had his lessons under the mango trees. The majority of the pupils feed into Namwendwa St Peter’s Secondary School and Nalango Secondary School, both supported by HvSMF.
Head Teacher
Mrs Erivaidha Nambi
What's been done so far?
2011
- Supply of school sign
- Construction of 2 x classrooms
- Construction of 3 x teachers’ houses
- Construction of 8 x pupil latrines
- Supply of 60 x 3-seater desks
2014
- Construction of 4 x teachers’ houses
- Construction of 4 x teachers’ latrines and 2 teachers’ washrooms
- Construction of 8 x boys’ latrines
- Construction of 8 x girls’ latrines
- Renovation of 4 x classrooms
- Supply of 100 x 3-seater desks
- Supply of staffroom furniture
- Supply of textbooks
- Supply of musical instruments
- Renovation of 4 x classrooms including hall
- Supply of 1 x 20,000 litre ISSB water tank
2019
- Construction of 1.5 girls’ dormitory to include matron’s room
- Construction of 1.5 boys’ dormitory to include matron’s room
- Provision of 2 x lighting package in new dorms
- Construction of 2 x washrooms, male and female
- Renovate 6 x girls’ latrines
- Renovate 5 x boys’ latrines
- Provide 30 x metal bunk beds
- Provision of textbooks
- Provision of lights for P6 and P7 classrooms
- Construction of 3 x teachers’ houses
- Construction of 4 x teachers’ houses
- Construction of 4 x teachers’ latrines and 2 teachers’ washrooms
- Renovation of block of 5 classrooms
- Provision of library furniture package
- Provision of sports equipment package
- Construction of borehole
2020
- Provision of 12 lockable cupboards and 6 x bookshelves
Before
Ugandan classroom
Ugandan teacher’s house
Ugandan boys’ latrines
After
Renovated classrooms
HvSMF 4 x teachers’ houses
HvSMF boys’ latrines
