We're on the way!
Generous friends have taken our £7000 Classrooms for Kids Appeal past it's first £1000 in the first two days.
We are so grateful for the kindness of those who believe in what we are doing for our children and who donate so generously when we ask for help.
The two new classrooms are an essential addition to our secondary school, to ensure that we can keep timetabling lessons using the two Smart televisions we have do not have to compromise on the quality of education
We are able
to keep the cost to £7,000 (which allows for a very small contingency) because
we have some of our own skilled labour – including a joiner, painter and the
project will be supervised a member of our team who
will work under the direction and to the exacting standards of Mama and Papa.
All our building work complies
with building regulations in Kenya.
The costs
are as follows:
·
Building
materials: Concrete blocks, cement, sand etc. £3,000.
·
Roofing
(locally made makuti thatching on timber frame) £2000
·
Electrics
(we use the services of a local electrician ) £300
·
Paint
£200.
·
Doors
and windows (to be made in-house by our joiner Charo) £250
·
Furniture:
£625
·
Labour
(casual labour): approx. £500
·
This
adds up to a total of £6,875.
We aim,
funds permitting, to construct the building in the long school holiday, which
starts early November and to complete in time for the start of the new school
year at the start of January 2018. This will give us adequate time.
As you can
see there are no hidden costs.
We don’t
have any paid fundraisers, the only people we employ are Kenyans working in our
children’s home or school so every single pound, euro or dollar donated goes exactly where it is intended.
Please help us to build this classrooms by making a donation towards the cost, every amount, not matter how small, will be another bag of nails, brick or bag of cement towards our target.
If you would like to make a donation by cheque (payable to Happy House) it can be sent to our volunteer coordinator Elizabeth Gomm, 6 Burwood Drive, Blackpool, FY3 8NS.
You can donate online at https://www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/childrenofwatamu/classroomsforkids
Our kids count on us, we count on you.
Thank you
