NEWS FROM MASINDI DISTRICT
We aim to update this page with all the news from our friends in Masindi District, Uganda. Please check in regularly to see what has been going on.
CONSTRUCTION OF SHINES SCHOOL COMPLETED
22 March 2024
Shines School opened in 2018 with just one building, and in 2019 a second classroom block was built.
Soon after that, the Covid-19 pandemic closed all schools in Uganda for almost two years. But in 2023 we received a generous donation from the estate of Dr Janet Wolf, which enabled us to complete the school by constructing a third block of classrooms, as well as a library, an ICT suite and administrative offices.
MEDICAL CAMP 2023
October 2023
Shines was proud to host our first ever medical camp at the school campus in October.
Volunteer doctors from the UK joined local medical, healthcare and pharmacy teams to treat over 1000 people, issue over 800 prescriptions, and provide health information presentations to people while they waited.
After the camp, several patients received follow-up treatment in secondary referral cetres, including a 10-year-old boy whose sight was restored with cataract surgery and a baby whose atrial septal defect ("hole in the heart") has been diagnosed and is awaiting surgery.
SHINES UGANDA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
October 2023
2023 saw the 10th anniversary of the fouding of Shines Children's Foundation, Uganda.
As a key development partner, Shines UK was represented at the celebrations.
Local politicians, as well as religious and community leaders, attended the convention, at which the Arch-Deacon of Masindi laid the foundation stone of the new school buildings.
An inter-school football tournament took place at a nearby playing field, with medals and footballs as prizes for the victors.
