A team of volunteers has put the finishing touches to a school for hundreds of orphans.

Mark Upfield, Paula O'Sullivan and Richard Morgan, from Hampden Park flew to the Ugandan jungle village of Kabubbu and spent 12 days building a chain-link fence around a school.

The work was commissioned by the Quicken Trust, a charity run by Geoff and Geraldine Booker, in Hailsham, and was funded by donations.

The couple has raised more than £40,000 to build a primary school for 400 children, who have lost their parents through Aids, malaria and typhoid.

Mr Upfield, 38, a landscaper, of Cade Street, near Heathfield, said: "We stayed with a local pastor called Pastor George.

"There was no running water or electricity and we had to wash by pouring bottled water over ourselves while hunched over a bowl.

"While were eating delicious food by candlelight someone's mobile phone would ring - it was quite bizarre.

"It was a brilliant trip and really good fun. One of the best moments was coming back through the jungle when you had finished work and all the kids running to meet you."

Ms O'Sullivan, 19, of Walnut Walk, Polegate, said: "I had never done anything like it before. It was very hard work.

"It was a big culture shock. There was poverty but their lives were much more stress free."

The team was treated to a feast cooked by the women of the village. They were joined by Ugandan officials and the manager of British Airways for Uganda Peter Dunkin.

A plaque was donated by Eastbourne-based company Sign Wizard and designed by Ricky Walsh.

Mr Booker said: "The trust thanks so many people from the Eastbourne area for the tremendous support they have given so far. But the work is not finished.

"The trust has 340 more orphans in need of sponsorship at £17 a month.

"There is further building work for teacher accommodation because in a rural community this is essential to attract good teachers.

"There is a need to provide a football pitch for the children. And a medical clinic is under construction to provide free medicines to reduce child deaths."

For further details about the trust, call Mr Booker on 01323 832361.