Grace Nabirye
Head Teacher
One of the teachers who founded Edna in 2011. She still opens every assembly and knows most of the 412 pupils by name — and by handwriting.
15 yrs at Edna Our team
The adults behind four hundred busy pupils
Edna runs on 22 teachers, cooks and caretakers who know these children by name. Here are a few of the faces your sponsorship keeps in the classroom.
Leadership
Joseph Okello
Deputy Head · Welfare & Discipline
Tracks attendance house by house when a pupil goes missing from class. His rule: no child quietly disappears.
12 yrs at EdnaSarah Nakato
Director of Studies
Runs the termly assessment cycle that keeps Edna’s Primary Leaving Exam results among the strongest in the sub-county.
10 yrs at EdnaTeaching staff
Miriam Auma
Baby Class Teacher
Believes a three-year-old’s first day decides how they feel about school for life. Her classroom sings. A lot.
8 yrs at EdnaBetty Namugga
Top Class Teacher
Gets every Top Class pupil reading simple sentences before Primary One. Keeps a wall of their first written names as proof.
6 yrs at EdnaDavid Ssemakula
Primary 2 Class Teacher
Turned the class reading corner into a competition. Attendance in P2 has not dropped below 95% since.
9 yrs at EdnaRobert Kiggundu
Primary 5 Class Teacher
Coaches the football team with the same drills he uses to teach fractions. The team has never lost a compound derby.
7 yrs at EdnaPeter Wanyama
Primary 7 Class Teacher
Has walked every P7 cohort through Primary Leaving Exams since 2016. His Saturday revision sessions are famously non-optional.
11 yrs at EdnaAgnes Kirabo
Swahili & Computer Lab
Built the computer lab out of six donated laptops and endless patience. Now teaches every upper-primary pupil basic typing.
4 yrs at Edna…and 11 more teachers across pre-primary and primary, plus part-time music, sports and reading volunteers.
The crew that holds it together
- FA Florence Atim Head Cook · 13 yrs at Edna
Serves 390 hot lunches a day and remembers who is allergic to what. Pupils call her Aunt Florence.
- CO Charles Opio Grounds & Security · 9 yrs at Edna
Keeps the compound safe, the mango tree pruned, and an unofficial lost-and-found that has reunited dozens of sweaters with owners.
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A Classroom Partner covers one teacher’s salary and supplies for a whole class of roughly 28 pupils.
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