Tag Archives: Charity

Trip Diary Part 5 – Murchison Primary Schools, Buliisa District

Posted on July 21, 2014 by jhyturley

Our last day of visits has arrived and our first stop is Ngwedo Primary School in the Buliisa district. The children are aged between 6 and 12, the school currently has over 1000 registered who come from the surrounding villages. This … Continue reading →

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Trip Diary Part 4 – Murchison Falls National Park, Buliisa District

Posted on July 17, 2014 by jhyturley

Yesterday we had a long hot 8 hour drive from Jinja to Murchison Falls National Park. Today I am meeting Opira, he works for Soft Power Education and is based in their field office in Ngwedo trading centre. One of … Continue reading →

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Trip Diary Part 3 – Primary Schools, Jinja

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jhyturley

We arrive at Butagaya Primary School after about a 30 minute drive out of town. We are in a much more rural part of Jinja in the Butagaya sub county. This is quite a large school made up of several … Continue reading →

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Trip Diary Part 2- Amagezi Education Centre (AEC), Jinja

Posted on June 27, 2014 by jhyturley

The Amagezi Education Centre (AEC) was built in 2006 predominantly thanks to funding from a group of student volunteers from Leeds University. It shares a compound with a sister charity called Soft Power Health who run a health clinic alongside many other projects. Made up … Continue reading →

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Trip Diary Part 1- Pre Schools, Jinja

Posted on June 25, 2014 by jhyturley

Before we even started, we were a day behind. On Monday, we were due to visit some primary schools but thanks to luggage not arriving and rain all day, we were forced to abandon our original plans and make a … Continue reading →

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I’m back.

Posted on June 18, 2014 by jhyturley

After an amazing 10 days in Uganda, I’m back home and the next phase of the project can start. Writing up my notes, sifting through all the photos and editing them into some sort of cohesive story. Keep an eye … Continue reading →

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5 weeks and counting

Posted on May 6, 2014 by jhyturley

With only 5 weeks until I depart, plans are being nailed down as to where we’ll be going and the people I’ll be meeting. This is an exciting journey for me. I’ll be travelling around Uganda, meeting interesting people and learning … Continue reading →

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Butagaya Primary School

Posted on January 22, 2014 by jhyturley

The primary goal of this photographic documentary is to help raise awareness of Soft Power Education, their work and what this means for the communities around the school.
However, with a bit of luck we’ll also raise some funds for one of their projects, the Butagaya Primary School is in the Butagaya sub county. A project that has been partly completed with only the final block in need of regeneration. All the funds from the endeavour will go towards this project. Continue reading →

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Building Education. A photographic documentary.

Posted on January 17, 2014 by jhyturley

As a new year begins, we all make resolutions to change our lives and do things differently. This year, I have made it my aim to finally get a project I’ve be planning off the ground and use my passion for … Continue reading →

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