15/2/2024 - A visit to St Moses

Wow what an amazing day! Today I ,and a group of the Ugandaid team , got to visit St Moses Primary School. Last year , David , on the team continued the link between St Moses and my school , Chudleigh C of E Primary School , and this year I was able to strengthen it further. We were warmly welcomed by Anne Batabaruka, the headteacher who kindly took us to visit a selection of the classes in her school. The reception we received in each one was so welcoming. The rich way they sang a true Ugandan welcome touched our hearts. The big smiles on the children’s faces , as they chanted a welcome song and sang to us , filled the room with love and appreciation. It shows the power of the Ugandan culture is nothing like that in England. We visited a number of classes. In the nursery we got them to play with balloons and play football and in the primary class we sang a few action songs which they all joined in with gusto and excitement. It is delightful to see their beaming faces and feel their appreciation.

Luckily the rain had stopped so that the children could go out to play and have a well earned break. We interacted with them for a while and asked one little boy to take our group photo. He soon has a large group of helpers around him.

Our visit ended by me presenting the headteacher with a new laptop from the governors of my school. She was brought to tears and said “ I gave no words to express my gratitude. I thank the Lord. and bless you.”

It is an honour to be able to give knowing that it will help make the heads administrative job easier so she can devote more time to the children.

Long may the connection between the schools continue.