GRUNWALD’s annual donation 2024: Direct support in the amount of EUR 8.000,00

GRUNWALD once again provides direct support to the people of Uganda. This year‘s donation to "awamu – zusammen für Uganda e.V.“ is for the residential buildings belonging to the St. Denis Primary School in the village of Buyambi that is in a very rural area in the north-west of Uganda.
The roofs of the residential buildings are leaky, the roof framework is heavily decayed.These residential buildings provide permanent accommodation for Denis Ssegawa, the founder and teacher of this school, his staff, seven school children during the school term, as well as another eight school children during their holidays. There are approximately 350 primary school children being taught in the St. Denis Primary School, of whom 100 school children are housed in the boarding school.

Since 1999, Margareta Riese and the aid organisation “awamu” have been supporting the St. Denis Primary School with its 20 teachers, who all take care of their pupils with great commitment and dedication. With an average annual income of only 500 US dollars, it is not possible for them to raise the money for such major renovations themselves.

This is a permanent problem that was solved by GRUNWALD with this year’s donation in the amount of EUR 8.000,00!

An experienced local craftsman who has already repaired roofs in the past will carry out the roof repairs. The persons responsible at "awamu“ could assure themselves of the quality of his work during their excursion in October.

Photo: Symbolic handover of the cheque in the GRUNWALD Alpine garden.
From left to right: Marlies Hodrius (Marketing), Dirk Scharfenberger (managing board of awamu), Ralf Müller (Managing Director), Margareta Riese (advisory board of awamu well building), Christian Hasel (Commercial Manager)