grace primary school
Primary School Grades: 1–7
Teachers: 7
Current number of Students: 167
· Discounted Tuition Students: 120
· Partial Tuition Students: 40
· Tuition-free Students: 7
Approximate percentage of orphan students: 28%
grace orphanage
Current number of orphans: 7
Ages: 8–14
Male/Female ratio: 3M:4F
history
Eva Nabatanzi and community leaders founded Grace Daycare and Orphanage to provide proper education and care to orphans in the village. When Eva succumbed to AIDS, her sister Liz Mukiibi felt compelled to take up Eva’s mission as Grace’s Director. With this difficult transition, Grace almost closed. Raising the Village has been working with Grace to build living quarters and school facilities, improving programs and developing a long-term plan for sustainability.
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Nanga Village, Kimenye Sub County, Uganda
(13 miles from nearest town: Mukono)
Estimated population of village and surrounding areas
1,500
Local landscape
The surrounding landscape consists a diverse mix of mountainous hills intermingled with plains and wetland swamps. Nanga village has a spring well approximately 125 metres from the Grace Daycare and Orphanage.
Accessibility
Transportation traverses these villages on the Major Murram Road, with a multitude of small paths allowing motorbikes and the occasional 4WD to pass through the surrounding areas.
Nearby villages using Grace
Kiyiribwa, Galigatya, Busenya and Ndwademutwe
community involvement and support
The parents, guardians, and local village has committed to participation in the project through:
- Focus group for needs assessments and prioritization of facilities and programs
- Weekly volunteer labour hours to clear and maintain orphanage agricultural plots
- Donations of seeds, food and supplies for the orphanage and school
- Lending of tools and materials to Grace Orphanage and Daycare
- On-going support and assistance in the Grace Orphanage and Daycare project
