Parents, Grandparents and community members pray for the school
Dawn Melarvie, Micheal Nsamba, and Bill
and Nancy Price were delighted to attend a dedication celebration for
Amazing Grace school's new building in rural Uganda.
Depending on the time of year, between
60 - 300 students attend the school that met under the trees. The
children are from a very poor and rural area, with many migratory
families, and range in age from 4 to 13 years. Thanks to the
generous donations of FTCSF supporters, Amazing Grace students no
longer study in the hot sun or rain but enjoy the comfort of spacious
classrooms complete with furniture.
Visiting students perform a celebration dance
When FTCSF representatives arrived for
the ceremony on July 2, the atmosphere was abuzz with excitement. The
benches that FTCSF had built for the children had arrived earlier
that morning and were in the classroom swarmed by students eager to
try them out. Many people from the community and a teacher and
students from another Christian school in an adjoining area had come
to show support for Amazing Grace. All the children, teachers and
parents had taken time from work and gathered together for this
special day.
The celebration began when the visiting school children
performed songs and dances. Bill Price then delivered a dedication
prayer and Nancy challenged the community to support the children's
education and to take care of the building. She encouraged the
director to use the school for God's glory and challenged him and the
community with the example of St Joseph's School, whose commitment to
the poor goes so far that they accept goods in payment of tuition.
With earmarked donations given over the
past two years, FTCSF managed to build the classrooms and we have now
challenged the community to take on responsibility for any further
building. We will continue supporting Amazing Grace School through
teacher training.
Students trying the new desks at Amazing Grace School
