IBANDA, · 1 ACRE SITE
Ubuntu Learning & Leadership Academy
Learning together • Growing together • Serving together. A safe, loving environment where every child grows academically, spiritually, physically, creatively and socially — while learning to serve their community.
THE CAMPUS
A circle, not a row of blocks
An acre of child-centred, green and self-reliant design, arranged in a circle for unity and connection, with room to grow.
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Administration office
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Computer room
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Kitchen and dining area
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Playground and sports field
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Outdoor classroom under the tree
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Fruit tree orchard & chicken project
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Library
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Multi-purpose hall & classrooms
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Flag & assembly area
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Toilets & handwash station
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School garden / demonstration farm
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Water tank, rainwater collection & solar power
CORE VALUES
What the school stands on
Love
Service
Knowledge
Sustainability
Creativity
Leadership
The plan starts with 14 children and is built to grow to more than 100 students over time — solar powered, rainwater harvesting, and food grown on the grounds the children learn on.
HOW IT CAME ABOUT
Built on what the village already proved
With the eight homes complete and the eight widows and their children and grandchildren officially moved in — water, electricity, an organic garden and homeschooling all in place — a substantial donation was secured to add the Ubuntu Learning & Leadership Academy and a clinic on a newly purchased one-acre site.
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The academy is led by the same people who started with Mary's House in Kakindo: Kiiza Wilbroad and Pato Banton, now working through Edentia International, registered to operate in Uganda and internationally alongside Ubuntu International.​​
AT A GLANCE
The numbers behind the plan
SITE
1 acre
An acre in Kakindo, newly purchased and shared with the planned clinic.
OPENING COHOT
14 children
Starting small and personal, with the first pupils from the Ubuntu Village households and the surrounding community.
DESIGNED FOR
100+ students
The circular layout leaves room to add classrooms outward as the school grows
POWERED BY
Sun & rain
Solar array and rainwater harvesting from day one, with food grown on the grounds.
LEARNING MODEL
Five ways every child grows
Academically, spiritually, physically, creatively and socially — with service to the community treated as a subject, not an extra.
Academic
Core curriculum in classrooms, a library and a computer room — plus an outdoor classroom under the tree at the centre of the circle.
Physical
Sports field, playground, a proper kitchen and dining area, clean water and a handwash station.
Spiritual & character
Love, service and Ubuntu taught as daily practice: the child learns they exist because the community does.
Creative
A multi-purpose hall for music, drama and assembly — the arts that Pato Banton's own work is built on.
Social & service
Children run the garden, the orchard and the chicken project together, and take what they learn home to their families.
PHASES
How the campus gets built
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Land & site works
The one-acre site is purchased, surveyed and cleared, and the circular layout is set out around the central tree.
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First classrooms
Administration office, the first classroom block, toilets and the handwash station — enough to open for the first 14 children.
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Learning & living spaces
Library, computer room, multi-purpose hall, kitchen and dining area, with solar power and the water tank installed.
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Farm, field & clinic
Demonstration farm, fruit orchard, chicken project, sports field and playground — with the clinic on the same site.
SELF RELIANCE
A school that feeds and powers itself
Solar panels carry the lights and the computer room. Rainwater is harvested from every roof into a storage tank, so the kitchen, handwash station and garden keep running through the dry season.
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The demonstration farm, fruit orchard and chicken project supply the kitchen and teach the children where food comes from — the same organic-garden thinking that already works in the housing village.​​​
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Alongside the academy, a clinic is planned on the same newly purchased acre, so children and families can be treated without a long journey. Partner with the academy.