NEEPUganda establishes contact and develops relationships with the rural poor in villages; the widow, the orphan, school drop outs, for training in arts and crafts native to Uganda, as a means of self-help.  NEEPUganda also makes micro-financing programs available for small loans for start-up materials and establishes local and export markets for the sale of goods produced. 

Better to equip the person in need with a fishing pole than to give them a fish. Better education in village schools gives needy children and orphans a hope for the future with the  opportunity for better paying occupations.

Nyamabuga Primary School

Nyamabuga Primary School, grades 1-6, and Secondary School grades 7-10, is a Christian school, giving needy and orphaned village children the opportunity to learn and excel.

Established several years ago by Gertrude Kabatalemwa, the school which began in a thatched hut has not only outgrown its next wooden facilities but has also outworn them.  Twenty thousand bricks donated have been used to replace rotten wood on the original site.  The leaky roofs over the classrooms have also now been replaced thanks to the generosity of faithful donors.  The Nyamabuga Primary School students study hard and prove every year to receive higher marks than students from government schools both in and out of the district. 

We are most happy to report that the school now has text books for every primary and secondary subject; that is now 2 students per textbook instead of 80.  The school now has a library extraordinaire open for the entire village.  There are some adult education classes being planned for the villagers.  The Secondary school also now sports a very well- equipped science lab as well.  To date, there have been two medical clinics conducted on site for the students.

Since the inception of the school, the original 25 acre tract of land has been gradually increased to 100 acres.  The foundation for the entire new complex was constructed last year, 2008.  Three new classrooms will be completed before year's end of 2009 at the new site.  There still remains the need for a multi-purpose gymnasium, cafeteria, assembly-hall to be constructed, as well as an administration office and four or five more classrooms.  Thanks to another donor, the school has received a dump truck as a gift to save funds in transporting building materials to the building site from Kampala.

 Several of the acres are presently under cultivation for the school farm.  Animal husbandry includes cows, goats, rabbits and chickens.  Gertrude reports that the 400 banana shoots planted four years ago are now producing a good crop.  The farm has received a small tractor, but a larger, stronger one is now needed. The funds for a milling machine and generator for the grain harvested have been donated, the concrete base poured to bolt them down and a building constructed around it for security and to contain the chaff.  This also requires the hiring of operators able to maintain the machinery and a night watchman for security. Plans necessary to execute the feeding program have been laborious and long-range, to say the least.