Bumayeku Primary School ·
New classrooms for Bumayeku
Until now, the children and teachers of Bumayeku Primary School sat under trees. Now the school has four classrooms, two offices, a staff room, a kitchen and latrines – and the whole village has new hope.
- Built
- 2025
- classrooms
- 4
- Funded by
- Stiftung Block
No longer under trees
Before, lessons in Bumayeku took place under trees. The head teacher, the school office and the teachers had no room either and had to carry all their papers around with them.
By autumn 2025 all the work was finished. Pupils and teachers are delighted with the fine, weatherproof buildings. The building work and the sight of the new school have given the whole village new hope.
What lessons looked like before.
What was built
A block with three classrooms and a second building with the fourth classroom, two offices and a staff room. Plus a kitchen building with two energy-saving stoves, already in good use, and a latrine block with four doors.
Furniture, doors and windows were made in the carpentry workshop of the Butiru schools. Because the money was spent carefully, all four classes got desks – and there was even enough for a rainwater tank that wasn't originally planned.
The three-classroom block. Fourth classroom with administration. Lessons in the new classroom. One of the two new offices. The staff room. The finished kitchen building. The two energy-saving stoves. Serving food at the new kitchen. The finished latrine block. The extra rainwater tank. Furniture from the Butiru school carpentry.
How it was built
Work began in early July 2025, as soon as the Stiftung Block's funds arrived. First came the foundations for the three-classroom block and for the fourth classroom with the offices, and the latrine pit was dug.
By the end of July both large buildings had reached window height and the kitchen building was up to its gables. In mid-August the roofers started on the roof trusses, and by early September the painters were already at work. Everything was finished on time.
Foundation of the three-classroom block. Digging for the latrines. Foundation for classroom, offices and staff room. End of July: up to window height. The kitchen building. The latrine block goes up. Mid-August: the roof trusses. Early September: the painters arrive.
Thank you
On behalf of the School Management Committee and the village community, we warmly thank the Stiftung Block. The primary school children of Bumayeku and the surrounding area can now learn in decent, weatherproof rooms. The official opening was planned for 15 October 2025.
Report by Elisabeth Mwaka
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