Hole in the wall: The learning conditions in the current school are far from ideal.

I have good news. Thanks to your efforts the first classroom at Simakakata is now just £170.24 £15.24 away fully funded!

Thanks to the recent efforts of 13 students and a dog at the very first WalkAsOne, Nina Preece and her eBay exploits, the sky diving Shaun Connell, the Chearsley WI cake sale team, New Era and many others the £5,200 target is now within touching distance.

Edit: Thanks to Claire, Adam, Simon, Nina, Gloria, Rachel, Cathryn, Maurice, Zac, Scuff and Laura for their donations since I shared this post on twitter and Facebook.

Below you can see the site for the new classroom. A previous donor laid the foundations and the community have made all the bricks you see by hand.

This is where the first classroom will be built.

The money raised will pay for all the other raw materials needed to build a classroom. Timber, roofing sheets, doors, glass for windows, more cement. All things the community cannot afford themselves.

The community at Simakakata have agreed to contribute by donating both skilled and unskilled labour for free. They are ready to get started as soon as the final £170.24 has been raised the funds have been transferred to our partner in Zambia and the raw materials have been purchased. We’ll provide updates throughout the build on this blog so you can see your money action.

If you would like to make a donation you can do so via this link. Thank you.