In Kyangwali refugee Camp in Hoima District, Western Uganda is COBURWAS Primary School, a refugee school that out performs government and other private schools in Uganda at the national exams (Uganda Primary school leaving Examinations). The school whose students are mostly refugees living in Uganda was set up by Joseph Munyambanza born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and colleagues who Fled to Uganda when they were still young (he was six). Now Mastarcard Schools, at a tender age, he and colleagues never let the dream of having quality education not just for themselves but for their fellow young refugees fade away when they set up COBURWAS Primary School. East African Business Week's Sam Okwakol caught up with him and here are the excerpts of how they did it.
You are a young Man, where do you get the drive to do wonderful things like this for your community?
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