Buswikira Marathon: A 10km fundraising marathon - 27th March 2022

 

Dear Diary,

The turn up for the #BuswikiraMaraton was quite high, a surprise to many despite the 10km fundraising marathon being the first of its kind in that area – I hope it won’t be the last. This marathon at Buswikira Primary School, one of the UPE schools in the rural low-income communities of Mayuge District was to fundraise to build a toilet and rehabilitate sports facilities – an ideal that stemmed from the need for a school goal posts – the absence of which had caused a bad blood between the school and the neighbors whose trees would occasionally be cut to erect temporal goal posts.

It is always a beautiful sight to see parents, leaders and different education stakeholders come together in tandem to remind us that education is and still and forever will be a basic right despite the impediments it faces – forgetting the past grudges and embracing the new light, what a beauty! The four communities that enroll their children, nieces, nephews, and who-not showed up in different capacities to support this endeavor, what a beauty. It not only brought the community together towards a common cause but enlightened the masses that education too, like any, can promote talent diversity and make school a fun place to be.

Much gratitude goes to the stakeholders, community members, pupils, Teach For Uganda fellows (from the districts of Namutumba and Mayuge) and Teach For Uganda as an organization for having stood behind the organizer Wandera Ivan (@ivan_timothy9), the tireless and invaluable contribution of his co-fellow Akello Oliver, and his committee to make the day a butterfly’s color.

It is always never too late to support a good cause. You can still send your donation to:

Ivan Wandera

0752 606 536

Your one thousand combined with mine can get some work done!

We all, can play our parts in bridging the systemic inequalities in our education system and improve the learning outcomes of the next and future generations!

Fred Sunday, Mugisha.

+256 7(5)89 212 745

fredmugisha75@gmail.com

 

Comments

  1. UnknownMarch 28, 2022 at 6:53 AM

    Thank you Mugisha, the Lord made it happen

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  2. UnknownMarch 28, 2022 at 8:28 AM

    Well done fred you really have a great heart

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  3. UnknownMarch 28, 2022 at 12:03 PM

    That is a good piece from a good heart that cares for our rural children. Thank you brother.

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  4. UnknownMarch 28, 2022 at 9:31 PM

    Lazy me read till the end, Always great from you brother

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