Storm leaves 600 pupils without classrooms in Uganda
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Monitor
A storm destroyed school buildings and left more than 600 pupils without classrooms in Busia and Buvuma districts, Uganda. More than 50 Buvuma families are also homeless after heavy rains, according to the Daily Monitor.
More than 600 pupils in Uganda’s Busia and Buvuma districts have lost their classrooms after heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and hail destroyed school buildings, the Daily Monitor reports. At Magale Primary School, more than 300 pupils have been forced to study outside after the roofs of two classroom blocks were torn off, according to the school’s management committee chairman, David Wanyama.
At Masafu Primary School, nearly 200 pupils have also been left without classrooms after two blocks were destroyed. The storm also damaged offices, stores and teaching materials at Magale, while staff accommodation was destroyed at Butangasi Primary School, the Daily Monitor reports.
The bad weather also destroyed crops in several villages and left more than 50 families homeless in Buvuma. Florence Sifuna, vice-chairperson of Busia district, attributed some of the damage to environmental degradation and tree cutting, which exposes buildings to strong winds, according to the Daily Monitor.
