Matthijs van Meurs – Page 4 – (Norwegian) Nyenga Foundation

Field work at Nyenga

Andrea Svarstad has just finished field work at Nyenga. Below she shares some reflections that she wrote on march 22, the world’s water day. Quite sobering, knowing that Nyenga has relatively easy...

Grand opening of Main Hall

Great grand opening of the new Main Hall, kitchen, biogas plant and cowshed at Nyenga. 500 staff and guests had wonderful entertainment and delicious Ugandan lunch. Thanks to everyone involved.

Fourth graduation class at our school

It was very gratifying to receive the results from the National Exam for our 14 graduates in P7 (Primary 7). This is the first national exam in primary school. This exam gives...

Main hall is ready

The new Main Hall is ready. After many months of planning and lots of hard work, the Main Hall at Nyenga is ready. The only thing outstanding is planting some grass and...

Dentist student visit to Nyenga

Hannah, a Norwegian Ugandan girl, is studying to be a dentist in Bergen, and she has long been an active Nyenga friend. In July she was in Uganda and was also given...

Great work, problem solved!

I discovered last week that New Horizon Primary School shuts down for general cleaning every Wednesday and Friday evening. This turned out to be a great opportunity as the pace the youth...

It helps!

8 years ago a little boy, about 5 years old, moved into the home. He had lived alone with his disabled father, in practice been a maid for him. It was a...

Solar power system in place

Lots of activity and joy as well as gratitude to all supporters today. The solar power system at the school is installed including those for the three families living there. They were...