Harpenden Spotlight on Africa are delighted to be collaborating with Promoting Equality in African Schools (PEAS) and CAUKIN Studio to design and build a new secondary school in Namatala in the west of Mbale.

The 7 acre site borders the Manafwa River and is located approximately 3km from the Bukasakya Maternity Centre site.

The secondary school campus will be large enough to educate up to 1,200 students. As well as serving the 1,000 pupils who currently attend HSOA’s primary schools it will cater for other school children in the local area.

Currently, TWO THIRDS of children in Uganda do not continue through to secondary education, with poor access to schools and high fees prohibiting many from further education.

We will keep you updated on this exciting project but in the meantime we hope you enjoy this video of Richard and Sam talking about the trees we have planted on the Namatala land over the last few years as we plan to start constructing the school.

Sam describes how trees are grown for different reasons - to provide shade, a wind break, for fruit and medicines, to control soil erosion or purely to be ornamental.

The video shows the beauty of the land and its location.