Maro Awobi School

The current situation at Maro Awobi School now that the communtiy have returned from the Internal Displacement Camps

African Revival began working at Maro Awobi Primary in 2008 when it was still located within one of the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps. It has since returned to its original position in the village of Maro Awobi where it is catering for nearly 400 pupils.

Transforming Maro Awobi

Maro Awobi Primary School is situated a very remote and rural area, approximately 45km from the tarmac road and Gulu town. The school used to be located within one of the UNHCR camps for IDPs following the 20 year conflict in Northern Uganda. With the prevalence of peace the Ministry of Education has embarked on a strategy to re-locate the schools back to their communities. African Revival is proud to assist in this effort of bringing education closer to the home of the children of Uganda.

Facilities at the school have improved over the last two years as The Ministry of Education and African Revival have worked together to improve the facilities at Maro Awobi. The main result of the new structures has been higher enrolment figures. On the one hand this is extremely encouraging, however it also places great pressure on the school's still limited infrastructure. Currently, Maro Awobi has five completed classrooms. Two classes - P4 and P5 - are, however still taught in small mud huts built by the parents at Maro Awobi.

With 69 pupils in P4 and 50 pupils in P5 the situation is extreme and the huts are having a devastating impact on the teaching and learning environment. Both teachers and pupils are de-motivated. The conditions also result in much lower attendances both classes. With new classrooms African Revival will be able to bring the joy for teaching and learning to these last two grades Maro Awobi.

What's next at Maro Awobi?

In 2011/12, African Revival has set itself the challenge of funding the construction of a classroom block with three classrooms, bringing the total number of usable classrooms to seven, equal to the number of grades taught at Maro Awobi.

Furniture and teaching resources are also among the challenges that African Revival has plans to tackle this year. The focus will be on supporting the subjects English and Mathematics.

In addition, we also have plans to work together with the community to devise a new project focusing on the construction of teacher houses at schools in Northern Uganda.