PLEASE NOTE: The Date of The Race Has Been Moved from April 22nd to June 24th Due to Weather Conditions
Running for A Cause
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In 2009, a small school was built in Busolo, Uganda - a very rural and poor area. Most families in this area live in mud homes with dirt floors. They grow a few crops to feed their family and have few cash crops. There is no electricity and few sources of clean water with limited transportation. This school began as a small structure and has been slowly adding buildings and classrooms over the years. Currently 300 high school students attend from a geographical location of about 6 miles, which supports children whose families cannot afford to school their children. Prior to the creation of this new school there were few options for high school education. Students could not afford the tuition and would have to travel more than 7 miles each way. Thus, most students in the area did not receive secondary education. The government provides little, if any, support for high schools in rural communities.
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Our Goal |
More About the School |
The school hopes to add a better library and dormitories for student who are too far away to walk to school every day. Within the next five years, the school hopes to grow to 1,000 students.
The Cochrane-Fountain City National Honors Society hopes to raise $5,000 to help this school in reaching their goals. This could help students pay for the tuition or go toward the school's building projects and expenses. |
Currently, some students stay at the school during the week in a dormitory or in the library as they live too far to travel back and forth each day. The tuition for each student is $100 per year - a difficult sum to afford or most working families. Sister Salome Nambi (The Head Mistress) tries to defer costs when possible accepts barter for service, and also coordinates a sponsorship program from donors.
Students and staff grow their food in a local garden. It is a meager meal of ground corn put into a mush, yet it provides basic nourishment. They have water through the Jesse Parker water system that was drilled and built at the school in 2011. |
More About the Jesse Parker Foundation |