Kiteyagwa Primary School

IMG_3090.JPG
kiteyagwa 2010 016.JPG
kiteyagwa 2010 047.JPG
sharebanner2010.jpg

Opened in July 2008, this is SHARE’s inaugural program.

The Kiteyagwa Primary school donated a dilapidated classroom to house the program. SHARE renovated the room and turned it into a library for the school. Today 37 SHARE girls, ages 10-13, attend programs during the week and on Saturdays. 

Miss Justina Rwebogora, headmistress of the school and SHARE coordinator, is very pleased with the results of the SHARE program and noticed measureable improvement in the girls’ progress. “This year 6 SHARE girls did well on the National Primary Leaving Examination,” noted Miss Justina.

Miss Justina is working on empowering the girls through literacy. “To help the SHARE girls, I have been dealing with pronunciation dialogues, dramatizing as well as giving them English exercises according to their age.” 

 

The Kiteyagwa Primary school is similar to many rural schools in East Africa. The Tanzanian Government spends approximately $1-2 per student per year. As a result, classes are conducted in the most primitive conditions – no power, lighting, plumbing, or modern conveniences of any kind. On a hill, away from the school are the “restrooms” – holes in the ground.  Students sit 3 to 5 to a desk. There is usually just one textbook per class.

The girls at Kiteyagwa Primary School created an original song and dance to thank Shannon and celebrate her return to their school in the summer of 2009.

 

Before SHARE there were no other books, and there was no school library. These children can count on one hand how many times they have held a book. Many have never seen their name in print. Pencils are in such scarce supply that they break them into 3 pieces to share. There is no in-school cafeteria. In fact, the students do not eat the entire time they are in school.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of girls in SHARE Program at KITEYAGWA PRIMARY SCHOOL, KAGONDO, BUKOBA, 2009

1. GLORIA LAMBERT

2. RITA JONES

3. ADVELA ROMWALD

4. ALORDIA JOVINARY

5. HAPPINESS RICHARD

6. DEVOTHA VEDASTO

7. ELIZABETH PAUL

8. TUMUSIIME NELSON

9. HYLENE RESPICIUS

10. FLAVIA DEOGRATIUS

11. NEWSTER CHARLES

12. ODETHA DIDACE

13. LILIAN DEOGRATIUS

14. STELLA CHARLES

15. FESLISTER MASHANKARA

16. VENASA WILBARD

17. DEVOTHA BENJAMIN

18. INVIOLOTHA MUSHUBOZI

19. HYLENE AUDAX

20. ANSIA DAVIS

21. MALINA MARTNE

22. ANETH JOAS

23. NEEMA KABAKAMA

24. JONENSIA CHARLES

25. BERTHA GEORGE

26. BYERA MUTAGWABA

27. STEPHANIA FRUGENCE

28. ANAMELESA PRUDENT

29. HYLENE JOHN

30. JOHANITA JOAS

31. JESSICA JOSSAM

32. FLAVIANA MUSHOBOZI

33. ELDA MWOMBEKI

34. ADELAIDA KYARUANDA

35. JUSTA BRASIO

36. JONIA MESHACK

37. DORIS THEOBARD

38. EVELYNE BENARD

39. PENDO FELICIAN

40. MARY-JOAN ISHENGOMA

41. JULIETH ELIZEUS

42. YVONNE FELICIAN

43. DORIS BALTHAZARY

44. DIANA DOMICIAN

45. REVINA CHRISTIAN

46. LYDIA PATRICK

47. ANITA CHARLES

48. DATIVA JULIAN

49. MATRINA JONATHAN

50. NANCY JOVIN

51. DARIA DONATUS

View “Sharing Hope” to learn more!

Joanita is a student in the SHARE program at the Kiteyagwa Primary School in Bukoba, Tanzania. Brendan McNamara spent the day with her and created this short film in July 2009.