We work closely with 11 communities where their local primary school was in a dangerous and uninspiring condition. We work with each community to understand the needs of their school and offer to implement our simple, cost-effective and impactful projects. Our programmes are all centered around improving attendance, academic attainment and health and wellbeing. Each project we have implemented is helping make this impact.
62 water supplies
72 classrooms
3 school farms
102 toilets
Please click on a school to see the impact we’ve made so far:
Our Programmes
Clean & Renewable Water Source
Each of our 11 partner schools lacks access to clean water. Since 2019, we’ve installed 62 of the 72 rainwater harvesting tanks needed to provide water for children and improve hygiene and sanitation.
The water supply before
The water supply after
2. Providing quality education
Each of our 11 partner schools were so structurally unsafe that they were at risk of closure and classrooms were poorly equipped with students often sitting on the floor or learning from 1 textbook between 40 students. So far we’ve constructed 72 out of 131 classrooms and equipped them with vital learning resources to improve the quality of education.
The classrooms before
The classrooms after
3. Menstrual Justice and Girl Empowerment
Every girl of menstruating age within our partner schools, misses up to 50 days of school per year simply because they have no sanitary towels, no toilet to use at school and feel embarrassed about having their period. Girls stay at home using old bits of rags to manage their period and return to school 4 or 5 days later. If girls fall behind at school they are much more likely to end up in child marriage or pregnant. We’ve constructed 84 out of the required 96 toilets across 11 schools and conduct vital weekly training on menstruation and sexual rights.
The toilets before
The toilets after
Info on our other programmes below coming soon (we have no marketing budget so our volunteers are working to update this - October 2024)
Food security and nutrition
School hygiene and sanitation
4. Food security and hygiene
Students can’t concentrate in class because they don’t have any lunch at school. Many children come from such poor households that even dinner is not always guaranteed. Our school gardens are growing food to help provide vital nutrients to allow students to thrive in their lessons and not worry about their stomach rumbling. From our 3 current school gardens we have seen an increase in attendance and positive contributions in class. The kitchen and dining areas we’re constructing are increasing hygienic food practices to decrease unnecessary absences.
Barren land to thriving garden
Students enjoying their lunch
Info on our other programmes below coming soon (we have no marketing budget so our volunteers are working to update this - October 2024)
School hygiene and sanitation
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We are excited to work with these schools for the next few years to improve education, health and work towards freeing children from a continuous poverty cycle. We can’t wait to update you every step of the way!
