In rural areas of Uganda, providing teachers with good quality accommodation makes recruitment much easier. This is the staff compound for the Uphill Junior School Teachers, a short walk from the campus.

The Uphill staff compound is home to most of the teachers and, at last count, 10 of their children! The units have electricity, and access to year-round water. They tell us that they enjoy the peace and quiet at the end of the school day!

What infrastructure projects do we have left to do at Uphill Junior School? The big one is the new Kindergarten block...Can you help? lght.ly/36e397l

Happening NOW in Uganda! Meet Elisha, the local project manager overseeing the Vocational Workshop build at Uphill Junior School. Along with our partners, we are helping to upskill a generation of Uphill pupils, most of whom will need side hustles to support themselves in life.

When we were at Uphill Junior School in the spring the Kindergarten Merry Go Round was out of action. Turned out that one of the bearings was broken. It was a quick, and relatively inexpensive (£60) fix, and the children are happily playing again 👍

Children helping children is so very powerful! Huge thanks to the youngsters at Mrs Differ's Daycare in Scotland for raising £850 to help the children at Uphill Junior School in Uganda.

Children helping children is very powerful! Huge thanks to the Newport Brownies and their leaders for another fabulous sponsored walk fundraiser for Uphill - the £2000 raised will fund water and building projects in Uganda.

Finding a local solution to a problem is always gratifying. We love this retaining wall system: It's easy to make and install, and allows plants to be introduced which will reduce the visual impact over time.

Once a satellite TV set was installed in the Uphill school hall, all the children gathered to watch, many for the very first time. It's a fun way for youngsters hear and pick up English - still the national education and administrative language in Uganda.

Dundee Kiltwalk -a great fundraiser for small Scottish charities - takes place on 17 August. Team Uphill are getting ready with 4 intrepid walkers this year. We are raising funds to build a new kindergarten at Uphill Junior School.

Scottish Rotarians are making a huge difference to the lives of the children at Uphill Junior School. Thank you for all that you do 🙏

In rural areas of Uganda there is often no piped water so being able to feed showers from large rainwater harvesting tanks is a great innovation! We have invested in rainwater harvesting from the very start of our project - every roof is a source of precious water!

Congratulations to our Dundee Kiltwalk Team 2025 who together raised around £1,600 for the Uphill Kindergarten Appeal! Two walkers flew in for the event - one from Portugal and one from Sweden, making it a truly international fundraiser!

Four more pupils will be helped to go to school for their final years of primary education, taking the number of supported pupils to 23. We don't actively fundraise for pupil support, but if donors specifically want to help a child remain in school we honour those wishes.

We occasionally get requests to help with more mundane aspects of school life in Uganda - in this case, improving access to the site. Dirt roads become eroded over time, especially when heavy rain is combined with delivery vehicles. Luckily, we were in a position to help...

It's been 6 years since Dentaid last visited Uphill Junior School and the daily toothbrushing project was born. Let's hope the team see the difference when they visit this month!

Brand awareness is important, so it is great to see the Uphill school sign repainted and back on the highway in western Uganda!

The new vocational classroom at Uphill Junior School is almost finished! Water harvesting and electricity have been installed, all that is needed now is the glazing and internal furniture. Oh, and the tools and equipment, of course!

The final stages of the Uphill Staff Sanitation block have been completed and the teachers are enjoying being able to wash themselves and their clothes in comfort! Huge thanks to Hazel's Footprints Trust for providing the build funds 🙏

In September the dental charity Dentaid paid another visit to Uphill Junior School. The older childrens' teeth were reported to be in very condition, due to a whole school toothbrushing programme 👍 Now the emphasis is on helping the youngest children to brush properly 🙂