Obwororo Academy

Obwororo Academy is partnered with Amaroo School in the ACT. Obwororo has large grounds and a mix of brick and wood classrooms, a large school hall which doubles as the dining hall for the boarders and a boarding hostel. Many students, particularly the girls, stay as boarders primarily as a safety precaution to avoid them having to travel (usually walking) to and from school. Currently electricity is being installed in some of the boarding hostels - with no electrical power in the hostel, once it is dark, the children use kerosene lamps, which in the crowded boarding environment are easily knocked over causing fires.

Quick facts:
Partner school - Amaroo School
Student number -  approximately 250
Scholarship students - 10 (If you would like to provide a scholarship to a students, please click)

Projects needing funds:
Completion of dormitories
Brick classrooms
More toilets

Scholarship needs:
Many Obwororo students are orphans or partial orphans, frequently a consequence of their parents having HIV AIDS. These students find it very difficult and often Obwororo director (Martin Maiko) is assisting them personally to stay in school, rather than being sent into the community to find work.

Newsletters:

Spring 2020 Autumn 2019 August 2018

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