Friday, June 12, 2009

Location in Arua

The Fundo people are found in Uganda, Arua Disrict, 89 km from Arua town in Rigbo Sub-county, Ma'di Okollo County.

Life in Fundo Village:

· The main livelihood is fishing as the people live along the River Nile.
· Some of the population are cattle keepers.
· Others are farmers who grow food crops like sesame, sorghum and cassava.
· Common religions: Christianity and Traditional African Religion.

Funding:

The funding for this project is not regular. All the received funds have been through Tonbridge Methodist Church in the Uk raising money for the school building project is looking. This financial support has enabled the Fundo Parents' Development Association to bring the school building project to 20%. The foundation is partly done (the slab is not yet done), wall work is started.

This is how the school was in 1980s. The shelter was re-built after every year because of damage by termites, heavy rain and storms.

In 2003, the people could not build any temporary structures as grass became scarce and at least their were some schools 4 miles away from the village. These school are also too far away for the children in Fundo to go to daily.


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