On Monday 26 September 2016, the schools in the West Nile re-opened after the summer break. For many secondary school children this has meant packing to return to boarding school. The West Nile is predominately a rural area and so the distances between home and school outside of the main towns of Arua, Gulu and Nebbi mean that it is impracticable for most to walk to and from school each day. The challenges of the road network adds to these difficulties.
Over the last few days, I have seen many motorcycles loaded with a metal school trunk, rolled up mattress 9the schools provide beds but the pupils must bring their own bedding, including a mattress), yellow jerry can (to enable the pupil to collect water from the borehole) and bucket (for washing) with Dad taking a son or daughter back to school.
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