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To raise £15,000 to construct two more classrooms at a new infant school for refugee children near Marigat in Kenya's Rift Valley. We propose developing the school over the next five years and see this as our target for the coming 12 months.
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Situation
Families forced out of Sudan have settled near a government irrigation project just outside Marigat, Kenya. There is no school within 10 miles for their children and most work as child labour alongside their parents on the irrigation project. The life chances for girls are particularly desperate and most get married at aound the age of 12. Parents have asked for a school, land has been donated by the irrigation project and the local Chief and Education Department are supporting the project.
Solution
The construction of a primary school will meet the needs of children from the ages of 3 to 14 and will considerably enhance their life chances. The provision of dormitories will enable girls to extend their education beyond the age of marriage and will also reduce the likelihood of childhood pregnancies, which are high in the area. The project will help to develop the local community and may bring about cultural changes such as a reduction in the excessive drinking of locally brewed beers.