Project One: Mtakuja Nursery School

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I certainly hope that wait was worth it because the children of Mtakuja now have a Nursery School! Amazing support was shown for the project and donations totaling $3500 rolled in just weeks after I announced the first project. In Decemeber (2011), I spent three weeks out in the village of Mtakuja – mixing cement, liaising with the village elders, mixing cement, purchasing materials, mixing cement, hammering, mixing cement, arranging transport and you guessed it, mixing more cement!

Mixing Cement

During those three weeks, over 100 members of the community of Mtakuja volunteered their time to come and help with the construction of the Nursery School in the village. Intense rains throughout the first 10 days of the construction slowed things down and flooded the foundations for the school a number of times. But with the unwavering support of some very dedicated members of the community, we managed to build the children of Mtakuja a school in just three weeks!

One of the Dedicated Volunteers from Mtakuja

Now, I’m back in Australia working on the administration side the charity I’m trying to start up, catching up with friends and family, and, working to get enough money to go back to Kenya in late March. Project Number Two isn’t far away and I’ll be releasing details of that in the coming months. In the meantime, I hope you like the images and footage of Project One! I know that the people of Mtakuja are thrilled with the result, and, so am I. I will also be revisiting Mtakuja later this year to put some finishing touches on the school, check in with the children and teacher, and, to make sure that everything is progressing well in the village. Watch this space for updates from Mtakuja and for the progress of my (still unnamed) NGO..

The Final Stages of the School Construction

High Fives All Round

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Mtakuja Nursery School Construction