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Pupils at Kiteghe Primary celebrate new toilets
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More than 200 pupils at Kiteghe Primary are celebrating the opening of new toilets at their school, thanks to African Promise and our supporters.
The sanitation facilities at the school had been unsatisfactory for some time but the decision of the Public Health Officer last year to declare the boys' toilets unsafe had accelerated the need for new facilities.
Thanks to a generous donation from a friend of our ambassador and long-time supporter of Kiteghe, Suzanne Payne, as well as funds from our own resources, we have been able to construct a block of seven toilets, urinal and a washroom for the girls.
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We are now in the process of constructing a hand-washing station to complement the new toilet facilities. This will be fed with water from the recently upgraded and expanded rainwater harvesting and storage system.
*** We urgently need to build some new toilets at Kisimenyi Primary as the existing pit latrines are full. If you would like to help, donations can be made to our Toilets4All fund here. Thank you. ***
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Founder's friend takes on 40,000-mile fundraising flight
Earlier this month, pilot Ross Edmondson set off on an adventure of a lifetime as he aims to become one of only 200 pilots known to have circumnavigated the globe in a small aircraft!
Although the reason for the epic 12-month, 40,000-mile trip is to complete a long-held dream, we are delighted that Ross - an old school friend of our founder - will be flying the flag for African Promise on his travels, with the aim of raising £5,000 from friends, family and the wider aviation community.
Read more about Ross's challenge at
africanpromise.org.uk/blog/founders-friends-40000-mile-fundraising-flight
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Tanks, technology and trees
In addition to the new toilets at Kiteghe, since the turn of the year we have:
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- installed or reinstated 70,000 litres of rainwater harvesting and storage capacity at Kiteghe;
- carried out much-needed repairs to the eco-stoves in five of the six school kitchens where we've installed them;
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- started installation of hand-wash tank stands and stations;
- provided copiers/printers to three schools;
- delivered 100 tree seedlings (donated by Wildlife Works) to Ngambenyi Primary;
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and finally, provided 30,000 litres of clean water, food for circa 155,000 meals, and continued funding for 17 teacher salaries!
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Preparatory work underway at school #8
Away from our existing partner schools, we are preparing to start work on the redevelopment of our eighth partner school at Mkamenyi Primary. Parents have been hard at work over the last few months collecting locally available building aggregates and we have now used some of the funds we have raised so far to cover the cost of transporting these materials to school.
We had hoped to have started work proper by now but we still need to raise at least another £35,000 towards our £250,000 target before we begin. The good news is that those of you outside the UK, including in Kenya, can now support this project so please help if you can!
"We are ready to see the African Promise realised in our school."
Dorothy, class 5 pupil, Mkamenyi Primary
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- Our team of 13 runners who took part in London's Big Half Marathon in March and raised a total of £2,500;
- The Souter Charitable Trust, Hazel's Footprints Trust, The Oakdale Trust and St James's Place Foundation for their recent donations totalling £11,000;
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- The family and friends of the late Sylvia Middleton who have donated more than £500 in her memory;
- All those who have increased their monthly donation or started a new recurring gift. Please click here to become a regular giver.
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