MUKANGU SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT
Haly Raharimampionona, Madagascar
THE LIBRARY BUILDING HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETED!
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Mulgrave School whose students, teachers and parents (some of them with strong ancestral ties to East Africa) without whose support the library project and most of the initial building would never have been possible.
Lester B. Pearson College students, faculty and staff- for their initiative and support in various fund raising efforts.
Karin Afeef (PC Alumna Yr 25) and her women's group in Norway
To the past and most recent Summer Program participants, who over the years, worked hard with the local community to complete the building. Thank you!
SPONSOR THE LIBRARY PROJECT
Our immediate goal is to raise funds with which to stock it with educational materials and a few computers. We intend to hand a fully-stocked library to the community in 2011.
This rural school in Murang'a, central province of Kenya, is a wonderful example of the partnership efforts that KULE prizes so much.
THE LIBRARY BUILDING NOW COMPLETED (SUMMER 2010)
THE INITIAL GROUND-BREAKING OF THE LIBRARY PROJECT IN 2007
"The highlight of the trip was interacting with students of my own age at Mukangu Secondary School. This program has been a life-changing experience for me because I cannot look at my life the same any more and I feel less reliant on materials and more on the simpler things such as faith, family and love. I appreciate being given this opportunity and I feel blessed that I was able to see so much in such a short time."
Laura Dennis (West Vancouver Secondary School, Canada)
RECENT DEVELOPMENT
With the help of generous donors and the Summer 2010 participants, we have just finished construction of the library building. We continue to seek assistance for books, computers and other necessary items for the library operation. THANK YOU!
We have fully integrated the Mukangu Secondary School Project with the Summer Program and a slight variation of the former 3rd Year Option Program with the students from Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific.
Our immediate goal is to raise funds with which to stock it with educational materials and a few computers. We intend to hand a fully-stocked library to the community in 2011
SPONSOR THE LIBRARY
Interested school groups and/or individuals are invited to sponsor the rest of the project. We are also calling for donations. Please click to donate.
WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP
The school started off very poorly, with members of the local community scraping and toiling to start a self-help (or harambee) school. Their fundraising efforts included some men cycling all the way to Mombasa, Kenya’s city on the shores of the Indian ocean. Today, parents continue to toil and scrape to build basic educational necessities in the school; and, despite the lack of facilities, students continue to do well in academic and co-curricular activities.
On graduation, many students proceed with tertiary education. KULE takes pride in having collaborated with the school community to lay the foundation for the current “science laboratory” and is determined to see that the library project is complete.
