Wankulukuku

Take a second and think of a class room. Think of the classroom that you went to first grade in. Was it clean, colorful, happy? Did it have the alphabet hanging somewhere in the room? Did it have have posters on the walls to help you learn ?


Now think of a classroom in America today. It has computers. It has smart boards. It is disinfected probably everyday. There is one teacher in each room. And every child has a book bag, pencils, and paper. 


If i were to ask you to picture what a school in Uganda looked like I bet it would be hard for you to imagine just how bad they are. When you think of an elementary school back home there are certain standards that each school has to meet - that is not the case here in Uganda. At New Styles Primary School in Wankulukuku the building is just one small building smaller than my kitchen and living-room back home in the states. There are about 50-100 kids who attend the school and they are all in that small school. On the walls there are posters that are meant for the children to learn. At home teachers buy these types of posters , but here in Uganda the teachers have to make them themselves. At New Styles Primary School, the posters were falling off the walls, dirty, fading, and the heart breaking part was that most of them were incorrect or spelled wrong. 

Posters

Chalk Board

Posters

Numbers Written On The Wall Of The School

When we noticed this, we took time and made new posters for the children to learn from!  We made them colorful and correct ! They are not as amazing as some American teachers can buy and hang in their classroom..... but at least they are spelled correct ! We made about 50 new posters to hand in each classroom. We also spent the day cleaning the school. We made the chalk boards more black by rubbing charcoal on them, we swept and moped the floors, and we tried our best to just simply made the school look great and friendly for this kids. 

New Posters ! 

Ivan and Francis working hard at mopping the floors

Look how black that new black board is ! 

New Posters ! 

Ivan and Francis mashing up the charcoal to rub on the chalk boards

"Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

-Mother Teresa 

When doing this project, we did not tell the children why we were cleaning their school and giving them new posters......but I'm sure that they saw the love of God through our actions. It was through our actions alone that we received thank yous and smiles from the children.