LearnAsOne

The commitment of the Simakakata community is inspiring. They have already built 60,000 bricks by hand and are willing to provide both certified builders and unskilled labour at no cost. But they can’t afford building materials such as cement, windows, timber and roofing sheets. They also have no money for desks, chairs and furniture. And they have no clean water. Here is a breakdown of their immediate needs:

£5,200 - Classroom
£4,500 - Teacher’s house
£7,500 - Bore hole
£1,815 - Desks, chairs and furniture
£19,015 TOTAL

Please click here if you would like to make a donation.

You’ll get to see regular updates from the school and hear ongoing stories from the people your money is helping.

In total the school needs 6 classrooms and a similar number of teacher’s houses (it’s extremely hard to attract and retain trained teacher’s without them). But given they are doing the building work themselves (a significant cost saving) it makes sense to start small and expand the school over time.