Omushana News

A new exciting partnership to create more Book Boxes

Omushana Admin | 11th November, 2020

Omushana has recently partnered with the Swiss Relief Association who are raising money and collecting books to create new Book Boxes at our newest library - the Mgahinga Community Library....

Golden Monkeys in our Community Libraries!

Omushana Admin | 16th March, 2020

In 2019 we met Sandra Gray, a British biologist researching Golden Monkeys in Mgahinga National Park on the edge of the Virunga Volcanoes. Shes the subject of a childrens book, The Tale of Kachima, written to highlight the conservation of these unique monkeys....

Book Clubs for World Book Day!

Omushana Admin | 5th March, 2020

Thanks to a generous donation from Susan Caroline of Pengwern Books in Shrewsbury, lots and lots of World Book Day books have made their way to Uganda!...

Kyeshero Secondary Vocational School achieves Exam Centre status

Omushana Admin | 26th February, 2020

Thanks to fantastic efforts of the local community and a little help from Omushana, this years Senior 4 class were able to take their S4 Secondary Certificate exams from their own school without the need to travel to an examination centre at a distant school....

Science at Secondary

Omushana Admin | 20th February, 2020

Thanks to some brilliant fundraising by pupils at Mary Webb Secondary School & Science College in Shropshire, and donations from other Omushana supporters, pupils at Kyeshero Secondary Vocational School in Uganda now have better opportunities to study science....

Beautiful bags

Omushana Admin | 6th February, 2020

During 2019 we created a partnership between Bias Boutique and the Bwindi Community Vocational School. The tailoring students and graduates are creating lovely totebags which Bias offers to customers for a £2.50 donation....