In a peaceful area of Western Uganda there is a small town called Nyakauingo. This small town has no particular distinction. There is no electricity, no plumbing and no permanent structures. But for some reason, beyond the knowledge of mere mortals, orphaned children started making their way there.

Orphans were showing up in the town from nearby, far away, and everywhere in-between. The children were orphaned because of AIDS, War, Lack of Medical Care, and the hard life that exists for most of the people in Uganda. So many orphans started showing up in this town that the residents decided they needed to do something about it.

Without any help from the Ugandan Government, without any help from USAID, without any help from the United Nations, (who of course had their vans going through the town all the time, but never really noticed the town,) the people of the town decided to build a school for the orphans.

The people looked around to see what they had. They had mud and sticks. So they built a school out of mud and sticks. And as they were building the school, more orphans started showing up. So they built another school building. Now, they have three school buildings. And 240 children….So Far

When it is time for the children to leave school, the people in the town let then come to their homes to sleep. Sometimes the children walk for long distances to get to the home where they can stay.

The children of course needed teaches for the school. But the people of the town did not worry about that…They built the buildings, and the teaches came. The teachers left other schools where they were paid a nice salary (In Uganda Standards) to come teach at the mud and stick school for orphans. The teachers are not getting paid anything now. But they are doing what they know is important to do.

The children learn Math, Science, History, Literature, Social Studies and English. But they don’t have books – but they did find chalk boards. The big problem now is feeding 240 I mean 241 children. Everyday,….Breakfast and Lunch. I asked the head master how much money it cost to feed the children breakfast and lunch everyday. He asked me if that was “with meat or without meat.” I said “with meat”. He said that with meat twice a week, it would cost $1200 American Dollars a month.

The School would LOVE the help in feeding all the children who they care for.