This is very difficult to write this letter, but many roads seem to have been closed to me, so you can take the time to read my story about Hope for Orphans and Rural Development [HORD], is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, non-political organization. The Horde staff is 100% volunteer based. Without salaries, is the only incentive for HORD staff to improve living conditions in their own communities
The HORD has begun its own orphanage Primary School in March 2010 in the rural Bussiwa village in Kamuli district. People live in small grass hutched houses, often large families in one room. The people who live in these rural villages are very poor to the extent that they cannot even try to care for their families. The children here have as much right to education as any child. Schools in Uganda are very different from those ones in developed countries. There are very few government schools with nearly all schools being self-funded by school fees. That is the only way that the children will have any hope of a chance to get an education but the problem still remains that many of these children cannot afford the fees which can be anything from $8 per term upwards.
This school really will not last long & is not right or a healthy learning environment as we are now using the church structures as class rooms from Monday to Friday. These children deserve to learn in a better school, one that has a clean solid floor, desks that sit 3 children, not 6 & space in the classrooms for these extra desks. They need a roof that does not leak water on them like a shower whilst in class. In order for this to happen we need to build our own concrete school & soon! Our land size is so small so we cannot build out so we must build up! We are desperate to build a school these children can be proud of & within which we have the facilities to give them a clean & safe place to come & learn.
The reason why HORD open up our orphanage school really stems from the when all sponsorships which were being given to HORD by different where terminated due to exorbitant increments in the cost of operation by the sponsoring schools.
SO HORD has chosen looking for help by looking for finding sponsors to raising the money to build an orphanage school for these wonderful children. Kindly check us on our link for all the contact details
Thank you for your time.
Simon Nzigu
Founder
HORD Uganda
P.O BOX 280 Kamuli, Uganda East Africa