Sukuma Field Notes

The Mwanbilki nursery school had 36 children this year and expecting a dozen more in 2010. They gather every week day in the mud-house church or outside under the shade of a tree. The nursery school is run by its headmaster and an assistant teacher who is currently volunteering.

Communities of this part of the village started laying bricks but need more funding to go on. We are working on this project with EcoGear and with your support, we will build this school!

A special fund has been set up and you can donate to this fund by using the donation buttons HERE . There is no fixed amount so go ahead and help out with whatever you can afford. All donated funds will sent in two payments to the project organisers at Sukumakenya . First payment will be July 05 2010 to help them with the building process. Second payment will be in early December 2010.

If you would like to receive email updates on the fundraiser, please enter your email in the donation page and we will send you monthly updates so that you can track the fundraiser.If you have a special message for the children and those that take care of them, please send your message on the donation page and we will forward it to them. Do let us know if you would like a reply to your message.

One of our primary goals for Sukuma Kenya is to facilitate support towards necessary basic needs within the areas and communities that we will be working with. Sukuma Kenya believes in ethical business and we know that as long as people are treated fairly and given equal opportunities, we can also do our bit to helping reduce poverty.

Over the past two years of slowly building up relationships with Kajire village, we now have a much better idea of where we can immediately help and thus, when we were approached by the Lions Club in Bayreuth Germany who wanted to support something in Kajire, we immediately recommended and proposed the construction of an additional classroom for nursery school children.

Currently, there is one nursery classroom situated on one side of the village which caters for an average of 95 children! That's a lot of kids to fit into one classroom and for 2 teachers to handle.

Over the past few months, I have been in touch with Dr. Manfred Kaib who is a member of the Lions Club and during his recent visit to Kenya, we were able to discuss the project at length and the good news is that they have agreed to financially support the construction of an additional class for nursery kids in the village!

 We are personally very proud to be able to assist with this project and extend our thanks to the Lions Club for taking this project on.  I have been in touch with the school committee in Kajire and needless to say, how excited and grateful everyone in the village is.  The community had already started to fundraise for this project and have set aside some funds that they have raised themselves from within Kajire and will also be providing various materials that are locally available.

We hope to start construction in May and I will posting regularly about this project and so much more...

 Thanks again to Dr. Manfred Kaib and his Lions Club in Bayreuth, Germany. 

Dipesh Pabari, Director, Sukuma Kenya

The following article was published in  Twende/TN Travel Magazine, August 2008

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