By Ashley Palmer | Project Co-Leader
Thanks to the support provided by you and our other amazing donors, construction for two new classrooms at Nangina Primary School was completed by the end of May 2020. In June, your cotinued support meant that the Collective for Orphan Care and Education (COCE) raised enough money to purchase desks to fill both classrooms.
Please check out our latest blog to hear from the local school Chairman about the impact these two classrooms will make on Nangina and surrounding communities.
In Kenya, the academic year begins in January and ends in December. Usually the second term would begin for our primary school students in Nangina Village in June. Like many other countries, COVID-19 resulted in school closures across Kenya in March. However, Kenya made a decision in July to keep all Kenyan schools closed until January 2021. All children will repeat the grade they began in January 2020. This will further exacerbate gaps in educational attainment -- particularly for poor children in the rural villages COCE serves.At COCE, we have set up a Student Assistance Fund here on GlobalGiving to raise money that helps support young people in the rural villages while they wait for schools to reopen.
We are moving forward on having desks built by local tradesmen. We have had two prototypes constructed and are making decisions this month so we can move forward with construction. When children do return to school this January, they will have a desk to support their learning. We will send an update with pictures when they are completed.
Additionally, we are beginning to fundraise and plan for a community library to better meet the educational needs of children in this rural area. Next week, September 14th-18th, we will be participating in GlobalGiving's Little x Little campaign, where every donation between $10 and $50 made to our project will be matched at 50%! We hope you will check out our GlobalGiving project page to learn more.
Thank you for being part of our collective. It truly takes a village to ensure healthy growth and development for all of our children.
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