This year we hope to raise enough money for Phase II of construction and some of the children’s immediate needs. By attending the fundraiser you could:

• Help install a water pump: Last month a water well had to be dug manually at the school. Access to water became a sudden and serious priority when the humanitarian crisis after the December 2007 Kenyan election resulted in the school losing its only water source from a neighbouring school. Cost:$500.
  
  
• Help support the school lunch program: Food has become a greater priority since December 2007 as inflation continues to put this basic necessity out of reach for many poverty-stricken families. Cost: $50/day for 90 children.
  
  
• Help purchase shoes for all of the children: Although most of the students are clothed, none have shoes at this time which increases their risk of developing the preventable medical condition “tungiasis” from the human parasite Tunga penetrans. Approx. Cost: $5/pair.
  
  
• Help add a classroom to the school: Education continues to be out of reach for newly orphaned children who are poverty-stricken. Cost: $3,000/classroom.
  
  
• Help build new dormitories: Many children who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS are abandoned by extended family and the community amidst the harsh realities of poverty. Cost: $10,000.