Sunrise Dormitory Phase 4 Progress Update (March 2024)

Our sponsors have made great progress on the Sunrise dream. 

Orchid has sent over $30,000.00 in grants to the dormitory project and have completed almost 4 of the 6 stages. We are currently at a standstill on the project and new funds are desperately needed to complete it. Have you been looking for a way to help children in Africa or elsewhere? This could be the project you’ve been looking for. Check out the report on phase 4 thus far:

dorm Progress Report for Phase four (1)

MANY CHILDREN AWAIT YOUR GENEROSITY.

Thank You!

Sunrise Dormitories Phase 1 & 2 Completed

The first phase of the project was completed ahead of schedule. Thanks to dry weather and the tireless energy of the men of the community, the foundation was dug and poured, completely by hand. All by the second of October. Phase 2 began right away and was finished an astounding 2 weeks later!

It’s almost unimaginable that this work is completed without heavy equipment of any kind. All by paid local labor from within the village. Your donations not only build a future for younger generations they are providing a path for employment and security right now.

That is the good news

Now we need help getting phase 3 kicked off. We have received a generous $4000.00 contribution by an Orchid angel who has helped our communities since 2012. Thanks to this gift and another $1000.00 arriving recently we are halfway to phase 3 and then we will be half-way to the completed project!!!

Will you help? We hope so.

THANK YOU

 

 

 

Sunrise Dormitories are a Community Affair

When the people of Katungu Village receive the love and donations from donors like you, they come out in force to make their dream a reality. With the first $10,000.00 grant, workers have been hired from the village to do the backbreaking work of leveling the land so the foundation can be laid. No heavy machinery, just bare hands, strong backs a Divine purpose of will to house the 250 children Sunrise Elementary will educate. Work has begun and nothing can stop us as long as we do our part to build a better world. Thank You

Sunrise Village Dormitories

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The building will be a two story structure which shall house girls
on the first floor and boys on the ground floor.

All together the dormitories will house over 250 students once complete!

The plan is to have a phased construction.
(a) We first construct first construct the lower floor and complete and have the girls occupy
it taking in consideration the precautionary safety procedures.
(b) We than commence on the construct of the upper floor after the completion starting
with construction of a two floor dormitory.
(c) Then basing on the availability of funds we construct a retaining wall against the constant threat of flooding.

The construction will involve 9 stages which can be executed in phases basing on the
availability of funds, the stages include;
1. Preliminaries
2. Substructures
3. Ground Floor walling
4. First floor slab
5. First floor walling

6. Fixing of Doors and windows
7. Finishing works
8. Tiling works
9. Painting works
10. Electrical works
The entire project is estimated at UGX 224,147,000/- (Uganda Shillings Two Hundred and
Twenty-Four Million One hundred forty-seven thousand) Roughly $60,000.00 U.S. 

Transporting a Dream

First the land, then the crops, and now the bicycles to transport the dream to market and back to the village. This may seem to most as a very small accomplishment; six bicycles. But, something we take for granted as a given and something for leisure, is for the Sunrise School at Katungu Village, a precious tool that is a game changer. Now the laborers can get to that farm in 1/3 the time it took on foot and enable them to move their crops quickly to market and the storage facility at the village. Another step closer to nutrition independence thanks to Orchids of Light like you.