Buyubu Primary School

Buyubu primary school is in the Iganga District of Uganda. The school did not have a well, so they had to rely on a well at a local trading center. The trading center was 1km away, so pupils would lose a significant amount of class time if they needed water.

The school’s headteacher hired a local laborer to fetch water from the trading center well. This worked for a while but became unsustainable as the school soon ran out of money. “Hiring someone to fetch our water was necessary during final exams, but it became too large a burden on our budget to keep him on for the whole year”,admits David Kufabulala, the school head teacher.