When conflict displaced thousands of South Sudanese families into Uganda in 2017, TEP followed them and founded Atepi Primary School in the Palabek Refugee Settlement (Palabek Ogili, Apyeta Village, Zone 7, Block 3).

Today the campus serves more than 500 children from refugee and host communities, from nursery to P.7. Despite limited resources, the school ranked sixth of more than ninety primary schools in Lamwo District in the 2023 Primary Leaving Examinations, and in 2025 it came fourth in the district, with all nine candidates passing in Division 2.

As enrolment outgrew the temporary classrooms, our partner Together (Switzerland) funded two permanent classroom blocks, built under TEP's supervision and opened on 10 October 2025. A fence and night guards now keep the school grounds safe.