name edith nakaye age 14 school the bt academy of gita location gita, uganda

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about edith

Edith Nakaye is the youngest in her family. She lives in Gita with her mom and her five older brothers.

Edith hopes to be a nurse one day. She says that there is no clinic in her village and, if someone is sick or gets hurt, they must walk to the neighboring village to seek medical treatment. Edith wants to change this. She’s already on the right track. Edith completed primary school in the fall of 2008 and moved onto secondary school in the spring. Her favorite subject is math and her favorite sport is netball.

Since Building Tomorrow broke ground on the BT Academy of Gita in October 2008, Edith has chosen to spend her free time helping with construction. She works at the site each week to give other students like herself the opportunity to attend primary school, in their own community.

her friends’ school the bt academy of gita

The BT Academy of Gita is the first-ever permanent public school structure to serve seven villages and approximately 325 children in and around Gita, Uganda.

Financially backed by the student chapter of BT at UVA, the 2800 square foot building was designed by 15 senior-level UVA architecture students through studio reCOVER and five UVA engineering students through the Engineering in Context Capstone Design Program. The construction of the BT Academy of Gita marks the first time in BT’s history that a cross-discipline team from the same campus provided both the funds and construction design for a new project.

The groundbreaking marked another important landmark for BT-a formal endorsement from the Vice President of Uganda, Prof. Gilbert B. Bukenya. The day before construction began, Bukenya offered the assistance of the Vice President’s office in continuing to strengthen the work of BT throughout Uganda, stating, “I am happy to be a BT ally-we must support this in every way possible.”