St Mary's Nawanyago Primary
Number of pupils : 996 (497 boys & 499 girls)
School Motto : Education for Progress
St Mary's Nawanyago Catholic Primary school is next to St Stephen Nawanyago Primary School, which is a Church of Uganda school - both are in the village of Nawanyago. The school was started by the Roman Catholic missionaries in the 1930s. It is a government aided school with day and boarding facilities.
HvSMF Trustees first visited in March 2010. The classrooms, pupil latrines and staff facilities were all in a very poor state. Since then HvSMF has completed 38 different projects and transformed the school. The teachers' facilities are now very good which helps to attract and retain the best teachers. The girls and boys have single sex dormitories, latrines and washrooms. The school also has its own borehole which supplies a constant supply of water for drinking, hand washing, cooking and improved hygiene.
Francis Mutaasa returned to St Mary's as head teacher in 2018, having previously been a deputy at the school for 9 years. The school's exam results have improved over the years and thus we feel we should continue to support this school. Hopefully, funds permitting, we will be able to donate extra teachers' facilities and another boys' dormitory.
Head Teacher
Francis Mutaasa
What's been done so far?
2009
- Renovation of main school block by Richard Duke, an African Asia Venture volunteer
2011
- Renovation of 4 x teachers' houses
- Renovation of 4 x teachers' houses
- Supply of school sign
- Supply of 50 x 3 seater desks
2013
- Construction of 4 x teachers' houses
- Construction of 4 x teacher's latrines and 2 x teachers' washrooms
- Renovation of 3 x classrooms
- Renovation 2 x classrooms
- Supply of 1 x 20,000 litre ISSB water tank
- Supply of textbooks
2014
- Renovation of 3 x classrooms
- Renovation of 2 classrooms
- Construction of 8 x boys' latrines
- Construction of 8 x girls' latrines
- Supply of 2 x 20,000 litre ISSB water tank
- Supply of 2 x solar panel packages
- Supply of textbooks
- Supply of 50 x 3 seater desks
- Completion of kitchen and store
- Supply of musical instruments
2015
- Supply of 10 bunk beds
- Supply of staff furniture package
- Construction of borehole
2016
- Construction of 1.5 girls' dormitory to include matron's room
- Renovation of 4 blocks of 5 latrines all to now be girls only
- Construction of 1 girls' washroom
- Renovation of 3 classrooms to include reading room
- Supply 25 x 3 seater desks
2017
- Supply East African Playground
2018
- Construction of 1.5 boys' dormitory to include one teacher's rooms
- Construction of 1 girls' dormitory, attached to the 1.5 one constructed in 2016
- Construction of 4 teachers' houses
- Construction of 1 boys' washroom
- Supply 50 x 3 seater desks
- Supply sports equipment package
- Supply staff furniture package
- Supply 30 x bunk beds
- Renovation of 3.5 classrooms including the Charity Office
Before
Original head teacher's house
Typical Ugandan teachers' houses
Typical Ugandan teachers' washroom
Ugandan 3 classrooms needing renovation
After
Renovated head teacher's house
HvSMF renovated teachers' houses
HvSMF teachers' latrines and washrooms
HvSMF renovated 3 classrooms
