Ronald Kalyango
22 July 2007
Kampala — TWELVE out of the 63 secondary schools that participated in the 'Kids Helping Kids (KHK) in Ugandan Schools' projects have received $6,000, (about sh10m) to carry out community activities within their school environments.
The project involves a contest for secondary school students to create social responsibility projects. The proposal from Makerere College School, dubbed 'Cleaning out Dirt, Moral and intellectual upbringing project' scooped the top slot.
Hope Senior School's proposal of 'Reaching out to the community' together with Bugema Adventist Secondary School's 'Clean and beautify it' were the runners-up. Each school was given $500 (about sh830,000) per proposal.
The managing director of Afroeducare, the organisation which administers the contest, Collins Tugumisirize, said schools were required to identify problems and suggest solutions.
The executive director of New Horizons Foundation, which sponsored the project, Karine Liegmann, said projects that improve the livelihood of needy children had higher chances of getting funds.
The KHK project is meant to develop students' abilities in solving community problems, forming mentorship relationships between kids and promoting social responsibility.
Prof. Peter Kasenene, the former state minister for finance, applauded the organisers, saying that the initiative involved the youth in community work.
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