Primary Education - The Nyaka Model
The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project Primary Education Model is award-winning. It is one of 4 schools in Uganda selected to partner with the International School of Uganda on a program developed by Harvard University to improve the way children learn.
Date opened: October, 2001
Location : Village of Nyakagyezi, Kanungu District (map it)
About Nyaka: In August of 2001, two acres of land were purchased to build a school. Construction began in October of that same year. Nyaka began with two classrooms in levels Primary 1 and Primary 2. Today, Nyaka is educating students preschool age through Primary 7.
Date opened: February, 2009
Location: Village of Nyakishenyi, Rukungiri District, (map it)
About Kutamba: This very remote and rural area is even poorer and more destitute than the Kanungu District. In 2007, a student named Hilary walked 50km to ask us to assist him and others attain an education, and Kutamba was born! This school was designed and built with help from Architecture for Humanity and is considered one of the best constructed schools in Western Uganda. It continues to grow with strong support and oversight from its local management committee and community.