Staff and Volunteers

At Mubaku community, our teachers don’t just teach,  but also help the local community in a number of ways.   They repair borehole wells so that the locals don’t have to go to the river Nile to get water and risk being attacked by crocodiles. They identify income-generating opportunities for the parents and youth that will keep the youth in school.   They encourage the youth to embrace their cultural heritage by teaching them their songs, dances, and crafts.  They teach youth and adults to be environmentally aware of how to improve the world around them.

However, the fundamental goal for every child is to be able to read and write so that they get good jobs.

 

Staff

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Donata Kasangaki,  Treasurer of MUCCO,  Co-Coordinator of Sponsored Students.

Donata was born in Northern Uganda in the Lira district with a Rwandan father and a Lango (Luo) mother.  She completed her secondary education at Premier Secondary School Lira district in 2017.

Donate is married. Donata lost her mother at an early age and was raised by her grandmother.  She loves playing with children and dancing.  Her ambition is to become a nurse in the future.  She is currently pursuing computer study at the Kampala branch of the YMCA, at the Diploma level.

Charles Oyer, Founder and Chairman of MUCCO

Charles was born in Mubaku.  His family moved to Kampala, where he received his schooling.    When he traveled back to his home village, he was always aware of how little opportunity existed.   He became a professional tourist guide in 2007 and saw that he could help improve his home village.  He founded MUCCO with many of the leaders of the village.  He has helped establish the school, found employment for village musicians at a local lodge, and brought volunteers to help Mubaku in many ways.  When not working on MUCCO tasks he runs Pamoja Safaris.

 

One of the newer challenges faced by Mubaku School is the discovery of oil in their area. Since then, oil companies have been offering salaries slightly higher than those paid to teachers. As a result, we have lost half our teachers. Charles and Dona have been able to recruit new teachers, but higher salaries would help retain the teachers. 

We have considered several solutions: One solution would be to increase class sizes, but the village elders strongly believe that classes should not be much larger than 30 students. (Public schools in Uganda have up to 90 students per class, and English proficiency among Mubaku students is far more advanced due to greater opportunities for student/teacher interaction.) Another solution would be to raise tuition by $30 per year to cover higher salaries. However, the majority of villagers are subsistence farmers, and few could afford to pay more. The third solution that we, as a board, believed would be sustainable was to secure sponsorships for three of the teachers. By doing so, the school would not have to charge more or increase class sizes.  The village school board aims to increase teacher salaries by raising their wage and benefits from $100.00 USD a month to $150.00 USD a month for the upcoming school year.  To enable  those teacher sonsorships, we now have the option to sponsor a third, 2/3, or a full teacher salary and benefits on the Mubakuschool.org donation page or below.

Other ways to help:

1. Support the operations of Bright Future School, the Women’s Empowerment Center, and the dorm for at-risk children & orphans.  Any amount is appreciated.
2. Support the current building project.  Any amount is appreciated.
3. Sponsor a child to attend Secondary Boarding School ($400 per Year) or multi-year sponsorship at Bright Future school.
4. Support a Teacher – 1/3 support:  $50.00, 2/3 Support:  $100.00 or full support: $150 a month.