Kibuye Project overview




AASU’s first community project is focusing on the village of Kibuye in North Eastern Kamuli, on the shores of the Victoria Nile. Kibuye has an estimated population of 60,000 people and is spread over 27 by 35km. The majority of the population is highly dependent on subsistence farming and barter trade within village in order to survive.

Before the project began, Kibuye was dependent upon one borehole for safe drinking water. Due to long lines when collecting water many have been choosing to fetch water from the river, which has caused illness through water born diseases. The village also only has one school, consisting of two classrooms accommodating roughly 600 children. The children that can’t walk the distance to the school simply don’t attend. The majority of children do not attend school, either due to distance or family circumstance, consequentially 80% of Ugandans over the age of 15 are illiterate.

So far within the Kibuye project AASU has been able to buy four acres of land at the East end of the village on which we have built a bore hole and are currently building classrooms for the Arise and Shine Nursery and Primary School which is due to open for the start of the school year in February 2011.

Monday, February 23, 2026

Hi friends!

It has been such a long time since I last wrote a blog. About a month ago, I started thinking about coming back to this space. I missed hearing from you and, most of all, sharing our progress in a more intimate way.

Then came the challenge: I had lost all my passwords. I couldn’t access my old phone number or recovery email either. But thankfully, I managed to retrieve my blog account — and here we are.

When I went back and read our old blog posts, all I could think was: WOW.
We have come such a long way.

So much has happened.
So much growth.
So many beautiful projects now running.

Are you still here, our dear readers? Because I have so much to update you on.

From now on, I will be blogging once a week, sharing detailed updates about our progress. These will be much more in-depth than what a social media post can hold. So even if you don’t follow us on social media, you won’t miss a thing here.

Thank you for staying with us, and welcome back to this space.

Stay tuned — I can’t wait to share more with you.



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