Our newest school, Saint Sophia Secondary School near Lake Victoria, began in 2014 with a donation of land and bricks from the people of Butembe. It is designed to serve 240 day students.

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However, the school faced a major obstacle not experienced in other past projects. Even though the building site is located on the shores of one of the largest fresh-water lakes in the world, access to safe water is greatly lacking in this area and the water sources that exist in these communities are often severely contaminated.

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Because of this, the school at Butembe is being constructed with an additional aim to promote safe water for the school community and to become a model school. So, in partnership with the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) water initiative, we completed not only a school building in 2015 but also a solar-powered fresh water filtration and storage system, as well as sanitary facilities through a roof waters harvesting system designed by IOCC.