'Redressing the balance' in Soroti and the surrounding areas.

Author: Global Challenge

Redressing the Balance

School Operating License and Registration as an Exam Centre

School License 

After re-opening the school in 2007, our next major objective was to apply for the school to be licensed with the Department of Education and Sport, so that the school could continue to operate.Continue Reading

The Children, Accommodation and Links with UK

Sports

Girls and Boys teams proudly show off their new sports kit. Some was purchased locally in Uganda with funds donated by Holy Trinity School in Broadstairs, and other kit given free by a sports club in Oxford.… Continue Reading

Girls Washrooms

Lack of proper washing and personal hygiene facilities are often the reason why girls are absent from schools throughout Uganda.

Global Challenge addressed this problem in 2014.… Continue Reading

Ugandan Certificate of Education results

The Ugandan school year ends at Christmas; These are the Ugandan Certificate of Education results for the Year 4 school leavers:


Many pupils come from very difficult backgrounds and staff have to take a very ‘holistic’ approach to their education and welfare.Continue Reading

Uganda Visit – 2015

Uganda Visit 2015

Two Trustees, Angela and Anne, together with Dr Stephen Cave from QRBC, took a team of 8 people to Uganda from April 6th-16th 2015 to review and progress our charity’s work.… Continue Reading

Water Harvesting System

A Borehole was not an option -there are many pit latrines in urban areas and thus a genuine concern about pollution of the water table.… Continue Reading

School Meal Initiative

The Teachers told us that many malnourished children arrived at school with no lunch, and had no money to buy lunch either.… Continue Reading

Opening Celebration

It was both thrilling and humbling, during a visit by Global Challenge supporters in August 2007, to see over 350 students, the majority of whom were orphans, so appreciative of the opportunity they had been given.… Continue Reading

New School Block

By 2009, the school premises were expanded to include an additional classroom/reading room, a science laboratory, a small library and an area to store materials for science practicals.… Continue Reading

The Beginning of Crossroads School

A group from Queens Road Baptist Church visited the area in 2005 and found that large numbers of secondary school aged children were unable to attend school because they simply could not afford the fees.… Continue Reading