Lake Region fundraising for Ugandan school well project complete

CASCO — A fundraising effort by several organizations and churches, including the Casco Alliance Church, means that 300 children and their teachers at the Buyala Children’s School in Uganda will will return from school break to a newly built well providing clear, clean water right in their school yard.

From August to November this year, money was raised by the groups, which also included Little Falls Baptist Church, in Gorham; Windham Christian Academy; Bridgton Gospel group the Supreme Court Jesters and Saved to Share, with participation from several other churches and many folks from the Lake Region community and beyond.
The money was sent to Uganda in mid-November, and the school has reported back with photos and videos on the progress of the well, which is now essentially finished.
School Director Patrick Ssebyala recently sent a thank-you, saying that the work went smoothly, including bricking and aligning a wall, installing a water pump, and more.
“It is amazing to see that we have clean, pure water on the school compound now,” he wrote. “We used to get our water from a nearby swamp, today this is no more. We are so thankful for the reliable well which can provide safe water. Thank you all for making this come true and helping us achieve this important goal we had as a school.

TOP PHOTO: Buyala Children’s School Director Patrick Ssebyala gets water from the new well as the school in Uganda. A Lake Region fundraising effort helped pay for the project. (Submitted photo)