The Ugandan school where attackers killed dozens of students Friday was built with the help of a Canadian non-profit, the group’s co-founder and former vice-president confirmed to CBC News.
The British Columbia-based Partnerships for Opportunity Development Association (PODA) helped build the school between 2010 and 2011, Peter Hunt told CBC News on Sunday by text message, confirming earlier statements made by Uganda’s education minister and reporting from The New York Times.
Hunt served as vice-president of PODA until 2020, according to his LinkedIn profile, and he says he and Natalie Hunt, his partner and the group’s co-founder, stepped down from the board of directors and “haven’t been involved
