Beauty and poverty, opportunities and challenges, dreams and needs…Uganda. It is for her children that we work to build a school…and thus to Build Hope in Kids.

Warm, sunny days... spending outdoors time with friends... sports... For BHIK-U, it's also the "high season" for fundraisers. We have three events just "around the corner" - - an evening Peoria Chiefs baseball game on May 28th , our annual Benefit/Garage Sale June 8-10 in Washington, IL, and a bus trip to an evening Cubs vs Cardinals game in St. Louis on July 27th.

We like to think of them as FUNdraisers. How can you be glum while enjoying Dippin' Dots or hot dogs at a ballgame, or chillin' with Uncle Bob's homemade ice cream while discovering just the right "find" under the canopies at a garage sale?

The Uganda school is filled to capacity with enthusiastic student and teachers, the campus is almost fully built, and God's hand is seen in all of it!

Have a blessed Easter season, and mark your calendars for some summer fun!

What do you think of when you hear "Summer Fun"?

Workers have been hustling to get the roof on the Library before the Spring rains come. There's still a lot of work to do on the building, and even more inside it. Outfitting the teachers' resource center, the library, two computer labs with 40 computer stations in each, bathrooms, and living quarters for the bus drivers will be a huge task. Father is hoping and praying that the Fr. Julius Library will be completely finished and furnished by the time the "Mission" group arrives in Uganda in August to celebrate his silver anniversary as a priest.

The progress on Fr. Julius Library is amazing!

Roofing work on Fr Julius Library   Feb 2023

Dear benefactors, sponsors and friends of St. Patrick School in Isingiro - Uganda.

I am happy to update you on the 2023 school year as follows.

The new school year started on February 6, 2023, with a total of 850 students. Our enrollment includes 301 day scholars (151 boys, 150 girls) and 549 boarding students (285 boys, 264 girls). Of the boarding students, 206 (38%) are being sponsored. Additionally, we sponsor a total of 16 of our graduates who are now in Secondary School ... 12 in S1 (first year) and 4 in S2. Many thanks to our many Sponsors!

We had 48 graduating P7 students who sat for the National Exams late last year. We are pleased that 35 students scored in Division 1 (roughly top 10% in the country) and the other 13 were in Division 2.

We have 40 members of the teaching staff and seven administrators: the Headteacher, his Deputy, the Director of Studies, School Bursar, School Nurse, Secretary/Receptionist and the Facilities Manager.

We have 31 support staff: 7 cleaners, 6 cooks, 10 matrons, 3 security personnel, one barber, 3 drivers and one store keeper.

At the beginning of December 2022, we started construction of the Fr. Julius Library building. Work has been progressing well and we are now at the roofing level as the pictures show (pgs. 1, 4). The staff & kids were very excited because by the time they returned they found the building near roofing level, while there had been nothing yet started when they left school on November 25, 2022. After completion, it will house a library, computer classrooms, a teachers' resource center and some accommodation on the ground floor/basement area.

Thank you so much for your support over the years. The St. Patrick community is ever grateful, and we always have you in our prayers.

Building Hope in Kids - Uganda

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What do you think of when you hear "Summer Fun"?

The progress on Fr. Julius Library is amazing!

BHIK Newsletter - March 2023