Newsletter

Newsletter Easter 2023

To our valued sponsors and interested parties, After the disruptions in education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the secondordinary school year began at the end of January. Welcoming the pupils to the school is progressing slowly, dragging on over a period of two...

Newsletter January 2023

Dear sponsors and friends In the last newsletter, we outlined the unsatisfactory situation with head teacher Peter Zirimu. In late summer, it became clear that it would be impossible to work with him. Since he was away as a tour guide with increasing frequency, he...

Newsletter April 2022

For the past three months, educational
institutions have been allowed to open once again.

Newsletter December 2021

Dear sponsors and friends, What happened to us a year ago is now being repeated in Uganda. People are getting vaccinated against covid. The initial scepticism has evaporated, especially since the Queen of the Buganda Kingdom decided to have her vaccination. The people...

Newsletter July 2021

While we are allowed to benefit from some relief from the coronavirus regulations here, the second, strict lockdown has been imposed in Uganda.

Newsletter December 2020

Dear sponsors and friends, Like everywhere else in the world, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting life in Uganda. Along with the BSSK, the schools had been closed since mid-March. The school was allowed to reopen in the middle of October to allow both qualification...

Newsletter July 2020

Dear sponsors and friends, The Corona pandemic has not only changed our life, but also the lives of people in Uganda. On 18th March, lockdown was imposed, schools closed and children and young people sent home. The first cases did not appear until two days later. An...

Newsletter august 2019

Dear sponsors and interested parties, Progress continues at the BSSK. For several months now, it has been running the Beatrice Junior School, Ntwetwe, a primary school, which is situated around an hour’s drive from Kiboga. It was not a targeted search which brought...

Newsletter april 2019

Dear sponsors and interested parties, At the beginning of February, the new school year officially began at the Beatrice Secondary School Kyankwanzi in Uganda. However, the preparations for this started much earlier. One important task was the recruitment of new...

Newsletter Februar 2018

Our esteemed sponsors and interested parties In this newsletter, we are going to give Clemens Stoll and Céline Joset the chance to speak in particular. At the end of last year, these two took part in a voluntary placement for four weeks at the Beatrice Secondary...

Newsletter November 2017

Valued sponsors and interested parties In the last newsletter, we had to inform you of the postponement of headmistress Regina Nasseremba’s planned journey to Switzerland. The career show with a visit from the King of Buganda was a great event, documented by countless...

Newsletter June 2017

Esteemed sponsors and all interested in our project In the middle of December 2016, we founded an association called "Förderung BSSK Uganda" (Supporting BSSK Uganda). The purpose of the association is to collect donations for the Beatrice Secondary School Kyankwanzi...

Newsletter November 2016

25Dear sponsors and interested parties Since our last newsletter in April, a lot has happened at BSSK. Apart from the regular school operation, the campus has also been expanded in various areas. The new dining hall was already inaugurated at the end of March....

Newsletter April 2016

Dear sponsors and interested parties I recently returned from my trip to Uganda, deeply impressed and delighted. Together with Paul Fries, the sponsor of the dining hall, I participated in the celebrations for the inauguration of this imposing hall. At the same time,...

Newsletter December 2015

Esteemed sponsors and interested parties, Advent is a time in which friendships are increasingly cultivated. This also applies to our relationships with Uganda. The third term has come to an end with the final examinations at the Beatrice Secondary School Kyankwanzi...

Newsletter August 2015

Esteemed sponsors and interested parties While the summer holidays are coming to an end here, in Uganda they have recently started. Most pupils go home for a month. This means a less full diary for headmistress Regina. Without school operations, various building works...