Wekele Primary School ·
New classrooms for Wekele
In Wekele, too, children and teachers used to sit under trees. Now Wekele Primary School has four classrooms, two offices, a staff room and a kitchen – built in just ten weeks, despite bad roads.
- Built
- 2025
- classrooms
- 4
- Funded by
- Private donors
No longer under trees
Before, lessons in Wekele took place under trees, and the head teacher, office and teachers had to carry all their papers around with them.
By early December 2025 everything was finished. Pupils and teachers are delighted with the fine, weatherproof buildings and proper desks. 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.
Furniture, doors and windows were made in the carpentry workshop of the Butiru schools and brought by lorry. Both large buildings got gutters front and back; the school board, church and parents plan to provide rainwater tanks together.
The three-classroom block. Fourth classroom with administration. Lessons in the new classroom. The finished kitchen. The two energy-saving stoves. The new furniture arrives.
How it was built
Work began in early October 2025, as soon as the donation arrived. By 11 October the foundations were being laid for the three-classroom block, the fourth classroom with the offices, and the kitchen. By 22 October the walls had reached window height, and in mid-November the roofers started on the roof trusses.
The only difficulty was the road: the track between Bupoto and Wekele is bad and barely passable after rain. Sometimes the cement had to be unloaded and stored along the way – on those days transport and loading cost more than usual. Otherwise there were no delays.
The road between Bupoto and Wekele. Barely passable after rain. Foundation of the three-classroom block. Foundation for classroom and offices. Foundation of the kitchen. 22 October: up to window height. The kitchen building. Mid-November: the roof trusses.
Thank you
On behalf of the School Management Committee and the village community, we thank the private donors who funded this extension entirely on their own with all our hearts. The primary school children of Wekele and the surrounding area can now learn in decent, weatherproof rooms.
Report by Elisabeth Mwaka
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