THERE IS MUCH TO BE DONE BY SPRINGS TOWARDS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE EDUCATION TO THE DISADVANTAGED PUPILS AND THOSE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES

To many parents who are of low income status,it's a dream come true for their children to attain quality affordable education from Springs alive community school.Yet it still remains a big challenge for many parents to afford the small amount of school fees charged by Springs to maintain operations at a bear minimum.This is evidenced by the number of pupils who could not receive their report cards and holiday packages due to limited funds since  Springs has to pay off service providers to print the same.Reports show that only 10% of our total pupils are able to pay off their required fees,28%are able to pay atleast half and the 62 are not able to pay.One will wonder,how does Springs alive maintain daily operations,pay off teachers,and save for expansion needed due to increasing of pupils from disadvantaged/low income earners yarning get education .Alot is still required .The 5 class room block available is not enough to accommodate pupils,talk about the number of teachers (teacher pupil ratio),lack of the printery system forcing springs to incur such expenses.These are among the few concerns that Springs alive  community School is fighting to work on with the limited proceeds it gets each term.

Due to these challenges,most pupils were not able to report with their holiday packages to enhance their education to mention but a few.

written by Suzanne Kakiri Sebbi: this is related to our visits to the different pupils home in a bid to mobilise parents  especially mother's to do profitable enterprises to enhance their house hold incomes

 This Film with a duration of 2 minutes only takes 30 minutes to shoot, and succeeds as an Oscar-winning short film.

*A Film without words, but successfully describes human life today;*

- Selfish
- Poor ethics
- Loss of manners
- Always feels right
- Doesn’t care about the surrounding environment
- Doesn’t want to give in
- Doesn’t want to share or even sacrifice for others.
- Loss of empathy and sympathy.

Maybe this film is just a spectacle but it could also be that we are actually the characters in this short film.

A film loaded with moral messages. Good to share and to make those who watch it aware and touched...!!!🙏

APPRECIATION

Springs Alive Community School

P.O.Box 10923 Kampala Uganda

April 6, 2015

CHRIST EMBASSY MINISTRY

Attention: Pastor Lydia

Thank you for taking the time to invite us here on this occasion. I greatly enjoyed our discussion.

“I particularly enjoyed our discussion through the use of social media. Your insight about using technology to forge closer relations with clients made a strong impression on me.”

Am Martin Ssebuliba Victor, the administrator at Springs Alive Community School,

At Springs Alive Community School we are dedicated to providing services that will see the underprivileged in our community achieve their goals of a better and peaceful life, and on behalf of all our colleagues at Springs Alive Community School in Kakiri Ssebbi village,

We are delighted to learn of your outstanding efforts to support our Organization.

We are all delighted to know that so many others appreciate your outstanding work as much as we do.

Our Warmest thanks for all of your hard work and outstanding contributions that make a real difference. We know how much time and energy this assignment demands, and we deeply appreciate all of your efforts.  

receiving food stuffs 

We Congratulate Christ Embassy ministry, Pastor Chris and Partners on this very well-deserved recognition, and please know how proud we are at Springs Alive Community School and we are fortunate to benefit from your contributions.

How I wish that I could personally thank each member of your team but, in the meantime, please pass along our gratitude and to all of the teams of Christ Embassy ministry.

I hope we’ll have more opportunities to work together in the near future and will gladly provide any additional information you may need or any additional questions.

Warm Regards,

ABANDONED CHILDREN - SEEKING ASSISTANCE

Did you know that all we ask our Primary Seven candidates to bring to school for a full week of meals is 3kgs of flour, 2 kilograms of beans, 5 tomatoes and half a kilogram of sugar. Would you be surprised if we told you that we have students at our school who cannot even afford to bring this every week? Yet this is too little compared to what other institutions ask. 

We have children at our school who are suffering from a wide variety of problems that they really should not have to deal with at their age. Some have been abandoned and others simply suffer from poverty. Our Children have a number of various problems they face in their homes, while on their way to school, they tend to suffer a lot and start thinking as hopeless people! 

Our organization is stretched to the limit looking after these children who are all dear to our hearts. We cannot turn them away – they simply have no-where else to turn. We have always tried to give out to some few: clothes, free meals, uniforms, although most times we get stuck, given our limited means! Some children lack where to stay & no one takes care, while others have been threatened with harm. 

We are appealing to everyone to please help us rescue and take care of these young children. They are in need of a place to stay and someone to pay their school fees among other things.  

Thank you for your kindness and charity.  

Yours faithfully;

THE TEACHING STAFF AND COMMUNITY

OF SPRINGS ALIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

Dear Brother Kaweesa,

Thank you for having a good heart for Springs Alive Community School.

Thanks also for being a man of your word!

Over 20 Brethren from Christ Embassy church came at our school on 21^st April 2014 as they had promised and we had a great memorable moment in time with them.

The children were very happy even as they listened to Pastor Lydia share reviving words of hope and while each child was given a cup of juice to drink and a piece of bread to eat that these visitors brought for them. We posted some pictures on our Facebook page.

Other items they carried with them for us included; sugar, maize flour, blue band, beans, rice, cooking oil, superget, exercise books, pens and devotional books.

We are so grateful for this cooperation and we request you carry it forward to bear more fruits.

We also thank the Brethren from Christ Embassy Church for having taken the bold initiative and visited us to see how we are doing at Springs Alive Community School, the children keep asking us when you are coming back, although we don’t yet have a definite answer?

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

Regards;

For SPRINGS ALIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

WE HAD A SPORTS DAY

We have been urged by the ministry of education and sports to incorporate sports in our curricula rather than emphasizing academics only. Indeed the Government is out to award scholarships and other benefits to pupils and students who excel in sports.

However insignificant Springs Alive Community School (SPACS) may appear, we have continually been called upon to participate in competitions with other schools. There have been put games structures in various locations so as to woo children into developing an interest in the field of sports.

Schools stage many sports days in which children participate in the sporting events. It is usually held in elementary schools, or primary which is the same as grades Kindergarten-8th Grade. Some schools use a house system, a feature of the school where the competition is between the houses; this is especially brought out during sporting events such as an inter-house sports day.

Parents, teachers and guardians are always called upon to be supportive to games and sports in schools, to participate as good examples.

There are schools that have abolished or altered sports days on the grounds that they are too competitive and may damage pupils' self-esteem - this often reflects the schools' attitude towards competitive sports or competitiveness in general.

There are also challenges of a lot of talent that is still neglected at the grassroots given the fact that many children don't attend school and even when they are in school, they are many times absent because of several reasons like work at home, looking for money among others.  

Unlike the usual schools’ sports days where children just compete in running, Springs Alive community school (SPACS) held its sports day and did many different things.

The sports day had several items on the programmes. Some of them were sack race,skipping race, tunnel race, bottle filling, three legged races were also run as well as parent and child races plus relays.

Other games that were played on the school sports day included straightforward sprints and longer races for all age groups as well as egg and spoon races, they also had traditional dressing, acrobat show, craft exhibition, scouts presentations and reading competition among others.

Dances performed by the school choir made the day more interesting.

Two houses (with as few as 50 students in each house) entertained the guests through their colors. These were Red for Noah’s ark, and Yellow for the Gideons.

These Houses have been named after famous biblical historicals notable for the things they did. In addition the names of the houses causes the pupils easily recall the activity surrounding these names in case a question is raised in an Examination.

There was no winner house as such,given that it was in form of an entertainment,however, excelling pupils earned themselves several gifts.

Parents were asked to be judges for some items like peeling competition, traditional dressing and reading competition.

Many parents had to dig deep in their pockets to show their gratitude to excelling pupils during the event.

We posted some pictures on our facebook page.Meanwhile we await your comments and reactions.