Casco Alliance Church
Clean Water Project for Buyala Children's School
A message from Patrick Ssebyala at The Buyala School in Uganda:
Dear
Susan, and team at Casco alliance church, I want to brief you about the well
project . The work of digging the well has gone on smoothly and the project is
almost coming to completion. we were excited when we reached the water level,
and dug deeper to ensure stable supply. The building of brick
or alignment of bricks on the sides of the wall is also done. A
water pump has been installed to
pump water into a big tank and it is amazing to see that we have clean, Pure
water on the school compound now, We used to get our water from a nearby swamp,
today this is no more. We are so thank full for the reliable well which can
provide safe water.
Thank you all for making this come true and helping us
achieve this important goal we had
as a school.
We remained with some money which we have agreed to use
and install a thunder arrester
system on one of the school building. This will help to reduce the risk of
lightening striking the school
Thanks again and May God Bless you.
Ssebyala Patrick
Director Buyala Children's school
UPDATE - The Well is Done!!
The Well is Built!!
Patrick at the Buyala School emailed the below photos of the clean water well
that has just been completed at the school.
He wrote to Sue H.: "We now have very very clean water.The Children are on holidays but will be so happy on return to school.water is pumped from the well unto the tank, from the tank we get it from the taps.”
Praise the Lord and thank you to all who helped raise funds for this project!
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In July of 2018, the Hagerstrom family traveled
from Maine to Uganda, Africa. with a destination of the Agape House orphanage.
During their month-long stay, they had the opportunity to visit several schools
and villages in the region. One of those schools, the Buyala Children's School,
has a need for clean water. Currently, they employ a young man to carry multiple
20 gallon tanks on a bicycle 500 meters (1/3 mile), filling these at a "stream"
that goes through a swamp, returning with the tanks to have the contaminated
water boiled for the children to use and drink. Even after boiling, the water
continues to look like sludge. In order to alleviate the work and expense of
water carrying and boiling, and most especially to provide clean, readily
available water to the more than 300 children at the school, we are working to
raise funds to build a well at the school. The cost of the well is estimated at
approximately 3,800 USD. In order to ensure success, our fundraising goal is
5,000 USD (the added amount will cover unexpected expenses or increases in costs
- any excess to be provided to the Children's School.)If you would like to make a donation towards the well, please send a check to Casco Alliance Church, 450 Roosevelt Trail, Casco, ME 04015, and note it for the Clean Water Project. We also have a donation page set up at https://www.gofundme.com/clean-water-project-buyala-school
The Hagerstrom's ( www.supremecourtjesters.org ) are available for speaking to groups about their ministry experience in Africa, including their visit to the Buyala Children's School. To schedule a date, please contact Rick Hagerstrom at rhjugglesh@yahoo.com.
Upcoming speaking engagements (where not listed, times are TBA):
October 7th - Buxton United Methodist Church, 276 Chicopee Road, Buxton, ME; speaking at the 10:00a.m. service.
October 14th - Little Falls Baptist Church, 746 Gray Road, Gorham, ME
speaking at 10:00 a.m. service, with a Supreme Court Jesters show with juggling and illusions to follow at 11:30 a.m.
October 15 - Windham Christian Academy Chapel, 8:15 a.m and 9:00 a.m.
Oct. 28 -
Easton Wesleyan Church (Aroostook County)
Join Us!
Several fundraising activities are being planned to raise funds for the well. If you would like to receive email updates about upcoming activities, and/or status of funds raised, please send your email address to jamieb@cascoalliancechurch.com .
About the Buyala Children’s School
Buyala children’s school opened in 2015 with a handful of young children 3-7
years for Nursery and day care services. The purpose is to provide affordable
education at a low cost, this would help children who would have otherwise
missed out on school.
We registered a number of children whose age was higher than their classes. The
majority of our pupils come from low-income families and most are at least one
or two levels behind where they should be in their schooling. They will either
have dropped out of school at some time or they are usually at risk of doing so.
Many of these failed to even meet the little fees the school was charging. Some
of the children failed to turn up for subsequent terms because of lack of
payments. We found out later that many were from homes headed by women, whose
mothers /guardians were not gainfully employed.
We accepted these children in school trusting God to provide for their school
needs. After studying the nature of parents in this area we decided to begin a
sponsorship programme to help some of the children who would have otherwise
missed out on school.
To learn more about Buyala Children's School, please visit their web site at www.buyalachildren.org .
