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Navigator, the plumbing and heating distributor, has decided to financially support a school in the Ugandan village of Kibisi, around 70 miles from the capital of Kampala.
The decision to support this school came about in 2020 when the owners of Navigator were invited to join a charity trip to Uganda with Sweden Uganda Aid (SWEDUGA).
Initial support included donating the cost of drilling a well down 80 metres underground, and installing a solar panel to provide electricity to pump water up to ground level and to the kitchen in the school. The provision of a good meal to every child in the school was another of the key aims.
The team from Navigator has kept closely in touch with the village and the school, recently supplying football kits and boots, allowing them to participate in school tournaments in the area for the first time.
Navigator’s chairman, Andrew Smith, says: “Everyone working for Navigator is behind the work we do to support the school and the village in Uganda and we share regular updates with our staff so they know from month to month what is happening and how our donations are keeping the school ticking over and the levels of education high in the village school. The football kits are a very visible sign of that support and are part of helping the children to thrive not just academically but socially and emotionally.”
