Grant
Application

D-001

   Uganda - Kampala

College Science Laboratory

$13,114

The Mugwanya Summit College is located 9km from Kampala. It is almost centrally located between four very big and expensive secondary schools. This school serves the rural peasant students who are usually unable to meet the costs and other requirements, and many of whom are orphans due to the current AIDS/HIV problem in the country.

Mugwanya Summit College was started in 1994 with an enrollment of 60 students. The fees per term have been unchanged since 1994, at $30 for day scholars and $90 for boarders, which is extremely low for the country. Some students cannot even afford to pay at all, but the school handles needy students by allowing contributions in food or community service.

Currently, the school has 5 classroom blocks with 12 rooms, main hall, one laboratory (without equipment), a small library, and a kitchen. The school enrolment is 1200 students of which 590 students are boarders. 240 of these are orphans. The age group is between 12-19 yrs. The population of the girls is 60%. The school has a staff of 45 teachers and 10 non-teaching staff.

The school has allocated a room to serve as a laboratory, with inadequate equipment and chemicals. This Matching Grant would provide equipment to teach science.

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Dormitories

Kitchen

Current Lab Equipment

Primary Host Partner in the Project Country

Club: Mengo (Kampala)

District: 9200

Primary Contact: Martin Kiyaga

Email: musuco@utlonline.co.ug

Check all projects from: [District 9200] [Mengo (Kampala) Rotary Club] [Martin Kiyaga]

Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country

Club: Escondido Sunrise

District: 5340

Primary Contact: Glenn Barton

Email: glennbarton1@cox.net

Check all projects from: [District 5340] [Escondido Sunrise Rotary Club] [Glenn Barton]

Proposed Financing

Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District

Rotary Club of Mengo (Kampala)

$1,000

Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District

Rotary Club of Escondido Sunrise

$4,457

District 5340 DDF

$1,100

Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation

$6,557

Total

$13,114

Status and Progress Information

Completed

This project is completed. Project listed for the 2001-02 Rotary Year.

The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #20415.

All the paperwork has been done. Payment should occur before the end of August. Equipment has been received.