We are excited to say that Kingsway has acquired a vehicle – a minibus that will hold 16-20 people. Without a vehicle, the staff have often needed to travel into Kampala by boda-boda – meaning that they’d pay to ride with someone on the back of their motorcycle. This is very dangerous. Every single one in Milly’s family has injuries from accidents on Kampala’s busy streets.
Of course a minibus will be very useful for taking students to events at other schools, but it also serves a more strategic need. Without a vehicle, students who live a significant distance from Kingsway have had to live at school as boarding students, because almost no one owns a car in Uganda. So Kingsway has been limited to either enrolling students close enough to walk, or else to have them live at school.
Now they can enroll a larger group of paying students from the area to support the many needy students who attend. It is a strategic asset that moves Kingsway closer to toward its goal of sustaining itself independently while helping vulnerable children.
The new vehicle will be a wonderful benefit for the school and students. You can see their joy!