Goshen School in Uganda Gets a Water Pump and New Classrooms

Friends in the UK helped fund the provision of a water pump and four new classrooms for Goshen school near Luwero in Uganda. Here the headteacher expresses their appreciation at a school assembly. The nearest safe water supply was 3 kilometres away. Before the well was dug, 250 children had to each collect water every day.

The pump was installed by Fields of Life, a charity based in Northern Ireland that builds schools in East Africa. At present, half of the 150 schools built so far lack safe drinking water. The cost of drilling a well is about $6000.

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Here the children enjoy using the new water pump



Come and view the school classrooms. A team from Virginia Water will be returning to Goshen school in March to help build an additional four classrooms to cope with the demand.