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Adullam Demonstration School the primary school Naboth and Alice opened in 1993, now has 360 pupils, half of them orphans, served by 10 teachers. 50 of the pupils are boarders.
At the beginning, classes were held in the mud and wattle structure the church used to meet in. Later, simple semi permanent classrooms were constructed.
In 1999, Naboth got in touch with a Swedish child welfare organization, Erik'ja' shalpen, which has sponsored the construction of modern classrooms.
Orphan pupils are sponsored by local well-wishers and friends while the others pay 3 dollars for school fees per term.
Naboth and Alice's vision is not only to provide with quality formal education but also to impact them with the gospel. Every morning before classes begin, the pupils gather for prayer. Boarders have to attend Sunday school as a rule.
The need, however, is so big that what the Tumuhairwes are doing is only a drop in the ocean. HIV/AIDS has robbed so many lives of the parents leaving behind numerous orphans.
For 300 dollars, an orphan can receive a full year of quality education.
Naboth and Alice are planning to set up a secondary school to absorb pupils leaving the primary school.
They also intend to establish a technical school to primary and secondary leavers with skills in carpentry, brick laying, tailoring, shoe making, etc.
A tailoring school has been already set up and so far 15 students have graduated from it.
Uganda, like most of Africa, has a large portion of its population unemployed. One the reasons for this is that the education provided to the children do not equip them with skills to earn a living especially if they do not study up to the university, which is true for the majority.
Naboth and Alice see incorporating practical skills in primary and secondary skills as a must.
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