Transforming lives through education
Educate a child. Transform a society
About Us
The Rev. Yohana Runyange Memorial Foundation is a non-profit organization that is aimed at transforming lives through education.
The name of the organization was inspired by the illustrious service the late Rev. Yohana and Gladys Runyange rendered to the church and the community of Gitovu Parish, Busanza Sub Country and Kisoro District as a whole. They were highly regarded as leaders that benefited their people through their ministry. It is their legacy of development through empowering people that has made the community embrace the initiative of the foundation, identified with it and owned its programs.
Core Programs
EDUCATION
Classrooms
The school is on 7 Acres, which is quite a generous space compared to other schools. There are 5 classroom blocks with only 10 functional classrooms. The oldest block was built in 1970, it is semi-permanent and quite old and is not safe for the children. The classes are not well ventilated and do not have enough light. They definitely don’t provide a conducive environment for learning.
Latrines
The school has two latrine blocks for students and one block for the staff. There are no separate latrines for girls. There is an urgent need to for more latrines and to have separate ones for girls. An additional 4 latrine blocks with 4 cubicles each would improve the general sanitation and hygiene at the school. There is an urgent need to start a sanitary pads project to improve girl’s hygiene and to reduce their absenteeism from school.
Teachers Houses
There is a total of 14 teachers, 10 of them are on the government pay roll and 4 teachers are paid by the parents. The teachers paid by the parents are not qualified teachers, they are poorly paid and their teaching is not up to standard. The school does not have accommodation for teachers at all. The parents are currently struggling to construct a house for the headmaster.
Scholastic Materials
Students are expected to buy scholastic materials including pens, exercise books, uniforms, textbooks and other reading materials. The parents struggle to buy pens and note books, but textbooks are way out of their reach due to poor household incomes. Some of the students go through their primary education and the only reading material they have had access to, are their notebooks. Lack of textbooks is a very big problem and is one of the major factors contributing to student’s poor performance and high rate of school dropouts.
