The Trinity College Nabbingo Old Girls Association (TCNOGA) has launched an ambitious fundraising drive to raise Sh14 billion for the construction of a junior school at Trinity College Nabbingo.
The initiative is aimed at strengthening girls’ education by expanding the institution’s educational facilities and creating an affordable and quality learning environment for young girls.
Addressing old girls recently, TCNOGA president Marie Solome Nassiwa Lubowa said the association’s long-term vision is to strengthen education for the girl child.
The association has already begun mobilising resources towards the project, with Lubowa revealing that more than Sh8 million has so far been collected.
“We have collected over Sh200m. Some works, such as architectural plan, business plans are done. Since we already have Sh150m on the account, we are already to start,” she said.
The association is seeking financial support from Ugandans, including old students, friends and well-wishers, to move the project forward.
Lubowa said the fundraising campaign targets Sh550 million this year as the association works towards the larger Sh14 billion project.
The fundraising campaign was highlighted during the fourth edition of the Trinity College Nabbingo Old Girls Sports Gala, organised by the alumni association at Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology (UICT) in Nakawa, Kampala.
The event brought together old girls, friends and supporters of the school for a day of sports and fundraising.
TCNOGA publicity secretary Harriet Adong Atuyambe said the association was motivated by the resilience and determination of its members.
“Many of our old girls have learnt resilience, hard work and cleanliness,” she said.
Trinity College Nabbingo is one of the oldest schools in the country without a junior school. The proposed project is intended to provide an early foundation for girls while nurturing the values associated with the institution.
“We believe if we impact those values in young girls at an early age, it will be better for our country,” Lubowa said.
The association has appealed to Ugandans across the country to contribute towards the project, arguing that schools play a critical role in shaping children beyond the classroom.
Nsiibirwa called on all Ugandans to value education.
“Schools provide us with space to make friends, quarrel, fight, make up and grow our networks,” she said, while emphasising the importance of building a school that offers quality education.
She added that the project would also create opportunities for girls to participate in extracurricular activities.
The sports gala featured activities including volleyball, cooking, 100-metre races, relays, tug-of-war, sack races, egg races, fill-the-crate, balloon race, dodgeball and the traditional gomesi race.
The organisers hope that the fundraising campaign will attract more support from the Nabbingo old girls’ community, parents, friends and other well-wishers to enable construction of the proposed junior school.
If realised, the school will offer affordable education to young girls from across the globe while contributing to efforts to prepare girls for future leadership and professional opportunities from an early age.
