01Ongoing
Classroom construction
Three permanent classrooms are built. Four more are needed for the children still learning under trees or sharing benches.
Projects
Twenty projects. One community.
The school is one project. The other nineteen are what keep children in it: teacher salaries, lunches, water, seed, animals, storage, women's groups and the slow work of making a household more secure.
The portfolio
A sequence, not a wish list.
We fund in the order that keeps a child in class. Recurring costs come first — teacher salaries, books, lunches, pads. Capital projects follow when the money is committed. Livelihood projects come last because they have to be tested before they are scaled.
Most projects are ongoing and partially funded. Three are complete. Two are waiting for a funder. None of them is fully funded for 2026, because the number of children enrolling grows faster than the budget.
20projects across education, women, farms, water, health and community life.
1,160+children in school in May 2026.
320new pupils every year — the reason the budget never catches up.
The line of work
Twenty projects at a glance.
Status is updated with the school's records. Costs are 2026 quotations in US dollars. Most projects are ongoing; a few need a funder to start.
02Ongoing
Teacher salaries
Eighteen teachers and assistants. A monthly salary keeps a class with an adult instead of a rotating volunteer.
03Funding gap
School lunches
Children cannot learn hungry. The lunch programme runs when funds allow; a full term is still unfunded.
04Ongoing
Books & pencils
Textbooks, exercise books and pencils for every class. Replaced every term, not once.
05Ongoing
Shoes & uniforms
Many children come barefoot. Shoes and a uniform are small costs that change how a child walks into class.
06Ongoing
Girls' dignity kits
Pads and dignity kits for every girl who needs them, distributed discreetly by a female member of staff.
07Completed
Girls' latrine & changing room
A private latrine block with washing water and a changing space. Completed with the 2018 school package.
08Ongoing
Women's tailoring cooperative
Machines, training and a small workshop run by women. Uniforms, bags and school kit are made locally.
09Ongoing
Women's savings groups
Small, self-run groups that let women borrow for seed, school costs or a business without a moneylender.
10Ongoing
Seed & animal donations
Improved seed, goats, chickens and pigs for families who can turn a small asset into a household income.
11Ongoing
Farmer training
Practical training in soil, planting, animal care and record-keeping, delivered with local extension workers.
12Planned
Grain storage facility
A dry, secure store so a good harvest is not sold at the lowest price or lost to moisture and rats.
13Ongoing
School farm
A small plot and livestock that feed the lunch programme and teach students practical agriculture.
14Planned
Soap-making unit
A small unit making bar soap for the school and local market. Low capital; a product the school already needs.
15Completed
Borehole 1
The first community borehole, with a locally trained pump committee and a spare-parts fund.
16Funding gap
Borehole 2
A second borehole for the growing school and the surrounding households. $10,000 funds two boreholes when combined with the next site.
17Completed
Hand-washing stations
Soap and water outside the latrines and kitchen. Completed; soap is a recurring cost.
18Ongoing
Community health outreach
Visits, referrals, hygiene sessions and practical support for families who cannot easily reach a clinic.
19Ongoing
Men's circles
Fathers and male elders meet to talk about violence, fatherhood, money and the role men can play in keeping girls in school.
20Ongoing
Child protection training
Training for teachers, volunteers and community focal people on recognising and reporting harm.
How we sequence the work
What a child needs first.
This is not a wish list in order of ambition. It is a plan in order of what a child needs first.
Now. Teacher salaries, books, pencils, shoes, pads and school lunches. These are the recurring costs that cannot be postponed without a child noticing.
Next. Classrooms, the second borehole and the grain store. Capital projects when the money is committed.
When funded. The soap unit and the tailoring workshop. Small, recorded pilots before anything is scaled.
Always. Child protection, men's circles, health outreach and the unglamorous administration that keeps a community organisation accountable.
4programmes: education, girls and women, farms, water and health.
3completed capital projects: the girls' latrine, borehole 1 and the hand-washing stations.
2projects waiting for a funder: school lunches and borehole 2.
The four detailed proposals
Read the budget before you give.
The four flagship programmes have full project pages with budgets, verification plans and timelines.
Fund the work
Choose the project you want to stand behind.
Every project page has a budget, a timeline and a verification plan. If you are giving on behalf of a foundation, write to us and we will send the costed proposal as a PDF.