Our School
We are building a high standard modern Container primary school suitable for an informal settlement (slum) in Githogoro, Nairobi, Kenya – to provide high quality education for poor families living below $365 per year. Our aim is to give free access to education for children who have no access to education so they can break out of the vicious cycle of extreme poverty. Since 2005 we have given access to education for over 1,000 children from the slum and we want enrol more children every year.
Challenge
It is very expensive and completely impossible for children from families living in informal settlements in slums and earning less than $365 per year to access education in private or public schools because of huge admission fees that range from $50 to $200 and other requirements like buying uniforms. In informal settlements many children are marginalized when it comes to access to education because the spaces are small to construct permanent schools and, if any, they are far away and congested.
Solution
Our new school will provide free enrollment for children from the slum. Admission fees is a big hindrance to many children in accessing education.
In the slums, containers provide the most suitable temporary solution. The school is within the community and children can easily walk there without using any means of transport.
We are currently appealing for help to purchase land measuring 4000m².
We have already bought 1000m² at 45.000 USD.
We now need to raise 45,000USD for another 1000m² by December 31st 2025.
Long-Term Impact
Access to education means that children from less disadvantaged families will gain literary and numeracy skills.
This will break the vicious cycle of poverty and will impact positively in the community by contributing to local economy and reducing child marriages and early pregnancies, in particular empowering the girl child.