16th-17th January 2021 - New Schools Opening with monk blessing ceremony:
Many thanks to Children in Crisis Italy for kind support/funding for 3 community school and 1 dorm(2 big rooms, 2 restrooms, and 1 canteen) and training center (1computer room/1 big classroom)
1)Dei Thmei community school, full-set 4 classrooms, (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, water system, hand washing stations, water well)
2) Ou Thom community school, full-set 4 classrooms, (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, and water system, hand washing stations, water well)
3)Ou Yeay Ta Community School, full set 4 classrooms (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, water system, hand washing stations, water well) were opened on 16th and 17th January 2021- with small groups of children and communities, parents and monks blessing for the new schools to be ready for children to start learning in.
4) Veal Chambang Community Training Center, (extension for meeting/training facilities), and one dormitory( 2 rooms of 4 sections, separated;, and 1 kitchen, 2 toilet, and water system, hand washing stations, water well)
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DECEMBER 2020
In 2020, Khen received funding from CIC Italy for 3 Community (Pre and Primary) School Building projects and one Community Training Centre (refurbished and new dorms and a training/classroom. The communities and KHEN team are very grateful for the kind support enabling us to ensure all rural students have access to a quality education, including children with disabilities, We give our thanks to Barbara Bianchi Bonomi, the President of Children In Crisis Italy, and her colleagues, Ms Simona Longo and Ms Silvana Lauria, who have supported our rural school projects with donations from CIC Italy friends and foundations.
Total Beneficiaries:
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Gallery of school building works, community engagement, children activities and teachers...
COMMUNITY TRAINING CENTRE/DORM/CLASSROOM
This is the community training centre. It is the community learning facility for rural students, local interns, volunteers, and community leaders. The centre is also provides a DAY-dorm for students (coming from distance villages) to stay and continue their secondary education. They can stay over the day and back home after school. The center is equipped with books, computers, and other library. It is the meeting point for peers studying, group research, presentation and exercise working. There is a playground, and the volleyball yard, and tennis yard. Local community leaders, teachers, and KHEN team are also using this center as the training venue, for capacity building facilities. KHEN interns and youths engage in running the centre together. Also other NGOs can, when they have a workshop for these rural areas, use this venue (meeting hall). At the moment, we have 37 students registered for basic computer study, and 50 youth registered for dorm, including local interns/volunteers, and we have KHEN team of 27 youth team leaders, supporting the center work.
OU YEAYTA COMMUNITY PRE AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
Ou Yeay Ta community school is located in village: Ou Kach, Srey Seyma Commune, Rural area of Sampov Luon District, along the border of KHMER-Thai. Ex-Khmer Rough fighting area. There was a 2-small-room hut, as classroom, packed, dark, and narrow; for placing 104 students from grade 1 to grade 6. There was no pre-school.
With support from CIC Italy, the new building of 4-full set classrooms are built and facilities supported. New enrolled students are 129 total, including the pre-school pupils. The community school support team has established to help maintain the schools running, with collaboration with Education office team, teachers, school director, and commune council. With this new building, there is a pre-classroom, and 3 classrooms used for grade1 to grade 6. Increased number of students, including pre-school pupil is now 129, enrolled, and the pre-school is run in support from commune fund, and teachers are allocated by government payment for them to teach at this school. This is also used as the adult literacy class, during the free time, and the school teachers are taking shift to help teach the parents at their free time, (when they/parents come back from fields work). Ou Yeay Ta Community School, is the full set 4-classrooms (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, sport area, toilets, water well, collection system, classroom materials and equipment, students materials and library kits. for this new year of 2021 start, a new pre-school teachers is assigned to teach in new pre classroom. With equipment and teaching material and library kits provided, children has enjoyed their learning in this new school. Teachers are equipped with enough materials for teaching aid.
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OU THOM COMMUNITY PRE&PRIMARY SCHOOL
The children of this community needed to walk 10km to their nearest school. This little hut was established by the parents’ community to help teach students. Visited last year, by Barbara, President of Children in Crisis Italy, and her colleagues Simona and Silvana. Thanks to CIC Italy funding, this hut has been now changed to a totally new 4-classroom building, in Ou Thom Community, Village Ou Kruos, Serei Mean Chey Commune, Sampov Luon. Now, enrolled 95 students are studying, (and students are now studying on different morning/afternoon shifts because of Covid-19 preventive procedures). With collaboration with Education office, the school is continuing and will official start its new year term 202-2021 by January 2021. a new teacher is assigned for the new classroom increased, for grade level and pre level.
The full set 4-classrooms (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, sport area, toilets, water well, collection system, classroom materials and equipment, students materials and library kits. for this new year of 2021 start, a new pre-school teachers is assigned to teach in new preclassroom. With equipment and teaching material and library kits provided, children has enjoyed their learning in this new school. Teachers are equipped with enough materials for teaching aid.
DEI THMEY COMMUNITY PRE&PRIMARY SCHOOL
There were no proper classrooms for students, last year. They were studying in packed, open, and leaking hut-rooms in Dei Thmei Community, Badak Cherng, Reasmey Singha Commune, Rattanak Mondol district.
Now, they enjoy studying in the new classrooms buildings, and pre-classrooms. Young pupils can come with their bigger brothers and sisters to the new pre-classroom. 100 enrolled for this school, including preschool. The full set 4-classrooms (3 primary classrooms + 1 pre-school, and playground, sport area, toilets, water well, collection system, classroom materials and equipment, students materials and library kits. for this new year of 2021 start, a new pre-school teachers is assigned to teach in new preclassroom. With equipment and teaching material and library kits provided, children has enjoyed their learning in this new school. Teachers are equipped with enough materials for teaching aid.
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1st week of Apr 2020-Progress of Schools Building of Dei Thmei Community School.
Now
BEFORE
3rd Week of March 2020- Progress
January 2020: We are very grateful for the generous support from Children In Crisis Italy, for continuing funding for 3 community schools (of 12 classrooms), and 1 community training centre and 1 dorm ( 5 rooms and language room/ICT) for girl students for higher education. 'Project Rural Schools Cambodia 2020'
Site ONE (Ou Yeay Ta Community Primary and Pre School, in Sampov Luon District.
Site 2: Ou Thom Community Primary and Pre School in Sampov Luon District
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Site 3: Site ONE (Dei Thmei Community Primary and Pre School, in Rattanak Mondol District.
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Site 4: Community Training Centre and Dorm - Language centre and ICT, in Samlout District
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17th January 2021- FfS Pre-School Opening.
Thanks to Friends for School for donating this additional new building for pre school students. "Sen Sok Pre-School" is official opening by small local community groups and students and monk blessing.
30th May 2020
SEN SOK COMMUNITY PRE SCHOOL BUILDING, FUNDED BY FRIENDS FOR SCHOOL.
This additional separate pre school was built due to the needs because increasing number of children in pre school studying.
SEN SOK COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL- Official opened on 01st November 2018 has provided great apportunity for rural students to continue their education. FfS have funded 3 primary school building in 2018, helping transform an under house classroom to a proper 3-classroom building. Many thanks to FfS. Due to increasing number of young children, needing a pre-school separately, FfS has funded a separate pre school building.
21st Feb 2020:
Official Schools Opening ( 10 new schools of 28 classrooms in Samlout District and 7 schools were renovated (of 15 classrooms).) - Many Thanks to ChildFund Educo Cambodia for funding/supporting the KH01-060 Project -Samlout District on "Access to Education" for rural communities. (10 Schools of new 28 classrooms, with facilities, toilets, water systems, playgrounds... have been started building between Mid-2018 and completed Feb 2020).
#Data: 1,221 children beneficiaries/enrolled in 13 target schools.
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30th November 2019:
Khen Cambodia was very honored to have the visit of Her Excellency Tina Redshaw, British Ambassador to Cambodia,
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Thanks to our supporters and donors who help us build more schools and support technical and capacity building to school management to address the challenges of education in rural areas.
Khen Cambodia was very honored to have the visit of Her Excellency Tina Redshaw, British Ambassador to Cambodia to Khen community schools in Samlout. On 30th November 2019. Khmer NGO for Education, KHEN, was very honored to have the visit of Her Excellency Tina Redshaw, British Ambassador to Cambodia, at the rural schools in the communities where KHEN is working in Samlout district. Thanks to her for her valuable time in meeting and discussing with groups of female directors and teachers, 'What are the barriers to Quality Education for poor and rural communities?". From 2018 to present, the project funded by British Embassy in Cambodia is to support the mentoring project to young teachers,directors and youth on capacity development on Leadership and School Based Management. The project has supported schools materials and equipment, Koompi computers for local interns and volunteers and teachers for the computer program for rural areas of Samlout in Battambang. These computers have enabled the capacity for more youths and interns to study basic computer/ICT utilizing the mobile tractor library. 20 female directors/teachers and 7 interns and 45 youths have benefited from the project, as well as 25 group of children club members in 25 schools. The project has also provided the Mobile Water Pumping System, using generator and pipes, to pump from pond-water or water resources to community schools storage system. This system will help ensure the school's access to usable water for toileting and hand-washing, and school gardening. "Leadership and School Based Management Training to Female Directors, Teachers and Young Interns Group in 20 schools in Samlout District in Battambang", Project funded by British Embassy in Cambodia. |
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6 New Schools Official Opening, Saturday 30th November, 2019.
Project Rural Schools Cambodia
Many thanks to Children In Crisis Italy for funding schools building projects for rural children in Cambodia.
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30th November 2019, it is our great honored to have Barbara Bianchi Bonomi, the president of Children In Crisis Italy, with her colleagues Simona Longo and Silvana Laurai, together with Cambodian counterparts and communities have officially opened :
2 four-classrooms community schools (a total of 9 classrooms, including a library room), 4 separate pre-school/classrooms, and 1 mobile tractor library. funded by its donors in Italy. The official opening was Presided over by : Her Excellency Ms Som Chenda, Deputy Governor of Battambang Her Excellency Tina Redshaw, British Ambassador to Cambodia Ms Barbara Bianchi Bonomi, President of Children In Crisis Italy Her Excellency Phavan Sakoeurt, Member of Battambang Provincial Council Ms Meas Phirun, Deputy-Director of Battambang Provincial Office of Education and other dignitaries, local authorities, Italian friends, Khen team and students, teachers and parents (a total of 500 participants) at both schools sites. At these new schools, there are 407 students including (90) pre-school students (aged 3-6 years) and 6-9 years, enrolled (6 different location rural, 4 school in Samlout and 2 schools in Rukhakiri). The Mobile tractor (equipped with Books and computers) will access all (20 community schools and 25 state schools) for library activities, and computer courses for youth training in Samlout district. "Project Rural Schools Cambodia" funded by Children In Crisis Italy, and its donors. |
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New School Official Opening, Saturday 17th November,2019.
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KHEN Cambodia's newest pre-school and primary school, Sach-Chaing, was officially opened at a formal meeting on Saturday 17 November. Located near the village of Ka-Chaign-Knong in Samlout province the meeting was honoured by the presence of:
District Governor Mr. Seu Sameth Deputy Chair of Provincial Council for women and children H.E. Ms Phavann Sakeurt Director of Education Samlout District Soun Thik Head Teacher Keo Seng and Teachers Roeum Sokroeun and Chorng Chann with 4 more local teachers Representing the Chief Commune Police Keo Vibol Representing Cambodia Community Schools Project UK, Paul and Elizabeth Deacon Representing KHEN, Managing Director Khun Bunlee, An Kimsan, Mark Mckeown, Architect Rong Ratana Several KHEN field officers And, of course, most importantly twenty new students with their families and friends Three monks opened the meeting with blessings and the Cambodian National Anthem was sung by all present. Presenter Chamnan Soeurm from the District Information Department Office welcomed the dignitaries and guests and introduced the speeches. A presentation of a certificate was made to the sponsors Cambodia Community Schools Project UK #CCSPUK and a ribbon was cut at the end of the ceremony. The students then received writing books and pencils. The school facilities include adult literacy classes. We wish all the staff and students at the school good luck and a successful future. |
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During the recent school opening ceremony in the village of Ka-Chaign-Knong one of the students at Sach-Chaing school, Sopea (8), took the microphone and declared:
"Thank you for building my school. I will start to study and be a good student and a better person"
We wish her well and thank her teachers, headteacher Keo Seng, and form teachers Roeum Sokroeun and Chorng Chann for their work and dedication.
Khmer NGO for Education is the only Cambodian NGO working out of Battambang which encourages and facilitates, with the help and support of external agencies, not only the building of pre-school and primary schools in the North of Cambodia but with the help of UNICEF also monitors and assists with the needs of disabled children in the region
(Photo published with permission)
"Thank you for building my school. I will start to study and be a good student and a better person"
We wish her well and thank her teachers, headteacher Keo Seng, and form teachers Roeum Sokroeun and Chorng Chann for their work and dedication.
Khmer NGO for Education is the only Cambodian NGO working out of Battambang which encourages and facilitates, with the help and support of external agencies, not only the building of pre-school and primary schools in the North of Cambodia but with the help of UNICEF also monitors and assists with the needs of disabled children in the region
(Photo published with permission)
KHEN's progress of community schools building and activities
as of 11 Oct 2019 -
Kantout Community Primary and Pre school - 4 classrooms and one library (CIC-6)
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as of today (11th Oct) 2019
Kanchang Knong Community School - One 3-classroom building (including 1 pre classroom). (funded by Cambodia Community Schools Project-UK)
old one classroom -hut- and new 3-classrooms building
For year 2019, Children in Crisis Italy has funded 4 pre schools and 2 (4-classrooms) school building. And a mobile library tractor.
May-June 2019- CIC Italy funded 4 separate pre-classrooms. 2 in Rukkhakiri and 1 in Samlout, Rural communities, and 1 (4-classroom) school building.Complete 100%. and 2 more are under progresses! Thanks
May-June 2019- CIC Italy funded 4 separate pre-classrooms. 2 in Rukkhakiri and 1 in Samlout, Rural communities, and 1 (4-classroom) school building.Complete 100%. and 2 more are under progresses! Thanks
Phnom Preah Pre School -Separate Classroom
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Thnam Pre School - Separate classroom
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Phnom Russey PreSchool-Samlout
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June 2019:
Children In Crisis Italy (CIC Italy) funded another school, called CIC-6 in Rattanakmondol District, in a rural community. 4-classroom building including a pre-classroom!
Children In Crisis Italy (CIC Italy) funded another school, called CIC-6 in Rattanakmondol District, in a rural community. 4-classroom building including a pre-classroom!
Old school, and new site -hilly- school site. ( Ou Taso Primary and Pre School)
newly 4-classrooms school building-
Old 2-classrooms building
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Dec 2018 – Jan 2019
អាគារមត្តេយ្យសិក្សា ចំការស្រូវ Chamkar Srov Pre-School Building , ឧទ្ទិសដល់/ In memory of Cyril Gowling (02/03/1933 -14/08/1985), Implemented by: Khmer NGO for Education (KHEN) in partnership with Veritas Digital Service LtD.UK
រយៈពេលៈ ខែវិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៨/Period: Nov 2018
អាគារមត្តេយ្យសិក្សា ច្រកចង្អៀត/Chrok Chang Ieth Pre-School សម្រាប់កូនខ្មែរស្រី-ប្រុសបានសិក្សាគ្រប់ៗគ្នា
The Harry and Joyce MacAughtry Academy for The Sons and Daughters of Cambodian Gentlefolk.
បរិច្ចាគថវិកាផ្ទាល់ដោយ/ Funded by David McAughtry
អាគារមត្តេយ្យសិក្សា ច្រកចង្អៀត/Chrok Chang Ieth Pre-School សម្រាប់កូនខ្មែរស្រី-ប្រុសបានសិក្សាគ្រប់ៗគ្នា
The Harry and Joyce MacAughtry Academy for The Sons and Daughters of Cambodian Gentlefolk.
បរិច្ចាគថវិកាផ្ទាល់ដោយ/ Funded by David McAughtry
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ASEAN, EduSparks and KHEN Collaborate - Youth Empowerment and Capacity Development - Feb & March 2019!
Watch the video here! Or read the write up on the ASEAN Foundation website!
Feb 2019: New school opening
Ou Thmor Rong Roeurng Community Primary and Pre School Building, In loving memory of Charles Lister (1895 -1966) Grandfather, friend and supporter
With contribution from the Communities of Ou Thmor/Ou Tatiek, and Tatoak , And Daniel and Letizia Ditcher Family; & Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) for Youth on Land donated by Ms Kem Ly (Tatoak Commune Leader) and Mr Mar Chheoun (period: May 2017 – July 2018)
Ou Thmor Rong Roeurng Community Primary and Pre School Building, In loving memory of Charles Lister (1895 -1966) Grandfather, friend and supporter
With contribution from the Communities of Ou Thmor/Ou Tatiek, and Tatoak , And Daniel and Letizia Ditcher Family; & Global Leadership Initiative (GLI) for Youth on Land donated by Ms Kem Ly (Tatoak Commune Leader) and Mr Mar Chheoun (period: May 2017 – July 2018)
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Official Schools Opening - November 2018
2 more rural schools - funded by Children in Crisis Italy - have opened for 200+ students including pre-school students - starting from their early school ages!
We together can ensure the poor children and children with disabilities can learn, even in Cambodia remote areas! Thank you!
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29th October 2018-
CiC-3 School has been completed. ( Prey Russey Community)
15th Sept 2018 - Latest progress of CiC-4 School Building Completed. Dauntret Kandal Community. Thanks to Children In Crisis (CiC) Italy- fully funded by Simona and Alessandro Longo
Dauntret Kandal Community School 100% completed and will be opened in November 2018, for 85+ students in pre & primary school! Thanks to CIC Italy! -The 3rd school, of 4 classrooms including one pre-class! ( September 2018)
8th September 2018 -
New schools officially opened for poor community students. Thanks to Educo/ChildFund Cambodia!
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28th June 2018-
Annabel 3- School Building. Thanks
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class before under temporary hut!
30th May 2018
Children in Crisis Italy - 2 MORE Rural Schools!
In 2018, CIC has funded 2 More New Rural Schools in Samlout District.
1) Prey Russey Community School in Samlout District & 2) Dauntret Kandal Community School
(in each school building, that includes a 3-classrooms for primary students and a pre-classroom for kindergarten)
1) Prey Russey Community School in Samlout District & 2) Dauntret Kandal Community School
(in each school building, that includes a 3-classrooms for primary students and a pre-classroom for kindergarten)
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Children in Crisis Italy - 2 New Rural Schools!
Article Date: 12th April 2018
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KHEN have recently partnered with Children in Crisis Italy (http://www.childrenincrisis.it/) for the building of two new schools in rural Cambodia. KHEN are proud to announce that both schools have been completed and were opened in March 2018!
KHEN is looking forward to the partnership going from strength to strength with another school build scheduled to start in June 2018. Read more about the schools and our partnership on the Children In Crisis Italy website - Rural Schools Cambodia 2018 (Please note - the article is in Italian, but google translate is your friend!) |
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Temporary huts used as classroom
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30th March 2018
'Friends for School -FfS-' school building
Completed March 2018, and will be opened on 01st November 2018! Thanks to Friends for Schools!
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class under hut before, and land site donated for school building.
28th February 2018
1 New school Opened in Samlout!
Teok Pol Community School is officially opened 28th Feb 2018. The school took 6 months to completed in 2017 due to lot of rainings and very difficult to access and transport.
The schools is with 3 new classrooms (including one pre-class), and with 2-toilet block and connected with rain water system to collect water. There are 56 students in primary schools and 13 students in pre-school. The school director, Miss Sahun, was in 2010 working as the youth intern with KHEN team. Now she is helping back to manage the 2 rural school in the village, Prey Thom, Commune Kampong Lpov |
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old school looked, and under rain water and muddy! Stop during the rain seasons!
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1 New School Opened in Rukh Kiri!
29th November 2017
on 29th November 2017, the school is officially opened for over 90+ students to have new classrooms to study - from grade 1 to grade 6. There are also two-room toilets for the students.
Because there is a brand new school built, the government have agreed to recognize this school as STATE school. (Just 3 months time after the school officially opened.)
Because there is a brand new school built, the government have agreed to recognize this school as STATE school. (Just 3 months time after the school officially opened.)
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Old School Condition! and cannot be renovated. ( annex school)
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End of August 2017
1 Community Completed!
This is called Phnom Preah Community Schools. Students were study under the hut in the Pagoda or WAT. 76 students were studying with 2 teachers from Nov 2016.
In Nov 2018 after school completed, all students have been sitting and learning in the new 3-classrooms schools. 2-room toilet block.
In Nov 2018 after school completed, all students have been sitting and learning in the new 3-classrooms schools. 2-room toilet block.
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UNICEF Meet a Girl With a Disability Living in Samlout
Article Date: 01st November 2017
Recently, UNICEF, one of KHEN's partners, accompanied KHEN on a field visit to Samlout where they met a 12 year old girl with a disability. KHEN have helped support the girl over the past 2 years... read about how, and get the full story from UNICEF's blog!
2 New Schools Opened!Article Date: 08th March 2017
The 28th February 2017 saw the opening of 2 brand new primary schools (that also act as pre-schools) built by KHEN in the Rukhak Kiri district of Battambang Province! The opening ceremonies - one in the morning and a second in the afternoon - were fantastic, and the entire community turned up to show support!
Each school took roughly 6 months to build, going from plot of land to complete and painted. Our special thanks go to Annabel Jankel, Richard Wiseman and the community for their donations and contributions which made this possible, and to all of our other partners including - the school management and head teachers, the commune council, parents, our new teachers, the local government (P/DoE) and everyone else involved! 150 children in total (75 children per school, per community) now have a brand new 3 classroom primary (and pre school) school they can attend where previously there simply was no school. Our collaboration with the local government has secured on going state support, in particular with regards to providing teaching staff, for a long term and sustainable future for both schools! |
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