The Kenyan School Project is working to improve the lives of children in Kenya by promoting better educational opportunities and health.The Burguret Primary School is located in a semi-arid region in the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The people in this region are subsistence farmers and survive in the face of poverty and draught.The key to a better future for these children lies in providing an excellent education and good health.
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The Kenyan School Project has formed a partnership with the Burguret Primary School to help the school build a school kitchen and dining area. At the end of 2010 we launched a fundraising campaign to raise funds for this specific project.
Many students eat one meal a day and have difficulty staying focused in school on an empty stomach. Good nutrition is critical to achieving a good education. One teacher wrote, “I am sorry to say (that) quite a good number (of pupils) go hungry. We have been having cases of malnutrition due to poor diet and lack of enough food. The school has been noting cases of dropout caused mostly by hunger.” One student wrote, “There are certain times some of us go without lunch.” |
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Future projects we hope to help with include:
- Establishing a school lunch program - $10,500 (estimate)
- Installation of a stone water tank - $4,500 (estimate)
- Construction of a building for two preschool classrooms - $9,800 (estimate)
Although school is compulsory in Kenya, the government falls short of support.
The Burguret Primary
School has excellent teachers
and staff and the support of the
community but funds are limited.
Your contribution will have a
direct impact on improving the
lives of these children. Children
are enthusiastic about school and
many students walk long distances to
attend school. We strive to provide
these students with the tools they
need to better their education.
The Burguret Primary School ranks third academically in their area and this performance can be credited to the devotion and commitment by the teaching staff, positive attitude and commitment of the pupils, co-operation of the parents, and support by stakeholders. The teachers and school management committee, the school board and the community established the following goals:
Eradication of illiteracy in the community by
providing quality education- To have an educated and morally upright community through exemplary teaching and child mentoring.
- To have a school with most of the necessary facilities available to include; enough classrooms and furniture, a school kitchen and lunch program and improved water storage capacity.
- To be able to install electricity and computers in order to cope with information technology.
Crop failures caused
by draught, loss of
parents to AIDS
and lack of a good
dietary intake has
had an adverse
effect on learning.
The Kenyan School
Project strives to have a direct impact on the
lives of these children by improving educational
opportunities and health.
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