<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Why a boarding school in Uganda?</strong></span></h5>
The inspiration of this project was a challenge to Father Julius Turyatoranwa (the project Founder) by his retreat director (a bishop) who, during his annual retreat in 2012 told Fr. Julius to reach out beyond his family to help others. Fr. Julius believes that creating a premier quality boarding school will help to break the generational cycle of poverty and tap into the potential of poor and vulnerable children to grow into future innovators and inventors.
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">After times of prayer and consultation, the school project started to take shape conceptually in 2015. In the following year 2016 the initial architectural design work started. The plan is to build and operate a boarding school that will house and educate 500 (or more) children ages 4-14. The vision also includes fostering a “sister school” relationship between the new school and St. Patrick School in Washington, IL, USA, and in developing adult mission trips to Uganda to enable adult supporters to create a better understanding of the school, culture and interaction with the students.</p>
Funding for building the school, and subsequently for operating the school, will be provided primarily through fundraising efforts in the USA and tuition and fees charged from students.  The student body at the new school will consist of a combination of students whose families will pay tuition and students who will need sponsors. It is projected that 50% of the future students will need sponsors mainly from the USA. In order to achieve this goal, we have formed a Not For Profit corporation called <strong>Building Hope in Kids - Uganda</strong> that will help us raise funds for construction and operation of the school.
<h5><span style="color: #0000ff;">The Site Plan </span></h5>
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<b>The School Project<img class="wp-image-146 alignright" src="http://www.buildinghopeinkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/New-site-plan-map-legend-220x300.gif" alt="" width="208" height="284" /></b>

The school site land (5 acres) in Isingiro District, 6 miles outside of the city of Mbarara, has been donated by Fr. Julius.  The initial design is shown on the site plan above.  The project will be implemented in two phases.

<b>PHASE 1 </b>will involve the following:  a) Surveying the land and preparing the grounds; b) construction of the basic structures needed for the school project.  Construction work will be conducted in several steps based on the funding and enrollment.

<span style="color: #000000;"><b>PART A: The initial step involves completion of building A1 (classrooms, science and computer rooms, library, and temporary living quarters for students). The next structure will be A2 (Administration– all offices and faculty lounge/staff room). The final structures in this phase will be A3 (kitchen/dining hall/canteen), A4 (salon), and A5 (gatehouse).</b></span>

<b>PART B: </b>The next step will be the completion of other buildings in Phase 1: B1(girls’dormitory), B2 (girls’ lavatory/latrine), B3 (boys' dormitory), B4 (boys’ lavatory/latrine), B5 (Principal’s house) and B6 (guest house).

<b>PHASE 2  </b>will be comprised of H/C (multipurpose hall/chapel), GD and BD (additional girls' and boys' dormitories) and SLQ (staff living quarters).  The structures in this phase are projected to be long term as the entire project is estimated to cost around $2.8 million and to be completed 10 to 15 years from time of inception.

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