Nakuwadde Parents School: Bira

The Nakuwadde Parents School in Bira is located seven miles from Uganda's Capital City, Uganda. It was started by Mrs. Busulwa Victoria who on passing away willed it to Mr. Kiggundu Samuel who later handed it over to Mrs. Wasswa Catherine in 1998. Mrs. Wasswa is the current director of the school. The school is sponsored by the Ssejinja Children's Foundation.

Currently, the school is a day school and has classes up to p.2 with one stream for each class. It has a student population of 67 as indicated below. eleven of the of the 67 children have lost both parents and 21 have lost either their mother or their father.

Pre-Primary
Baby Class	21
Top Class	19
P.1	15
P.2	67

Each child pays school fees of 20,000 Ugandan shillings per term, which is about $10 at current exchange rate (2004). Unfortunately, very few children can afford to pay that amount. At the time of writing this report, only five children have paid in full. In addition, the school fees are paid in installments making it very difficult for the school to run effectively. Because of the financial strain, the Director cannot afford to pay the teacher's salaries in time, nor is it possible to buy all the necessary scholastic materials such as chalk, books, pens and pencils.

The school has a teaching staff of three female teachers.

Ms. Muyise Gladys, the Headmistress, is a Grade three teacher qualified from Busuubizi Teacher Training College. She teaches P.1 and P.2.

Ms. Nalumu Phoebe is a grade three teacher qualified from Kabukunge Teacher's College. She also teaches P.1 and P.2.

Ms. Nakiriggya Margert posses an "O" level certificate (equivalent to a high school level teaching certificate in the United States) and is awaiting her Certificate in Nursery teaching from the YWCA. She teaches the pre-primary section.