Ngwata primary school
Location: Mlolongo Township, Machakos
Amara started working with this school in 2015. We chose this school because the iron sheet classrooms had no floor, were overcrowded and were poorly ventilated. We, therefore, decided that the educational facility needed to be rebuilt and refurbished to allow the students to learn in a more conducive learning environment.
Student numbers increased from 570 in 2015 to close to 4,000 at present.
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Amara undertook the following:
- Each year we continue to support the school with stationery and learning materials
- Donated library books in 2022
- Construction of 6 new classrooms and a kitchen in partnership with MZ & KZ Foundation-UK, Victoria Commercial Bank Charitable Trust, Endeavour Africa Group & Soilex Prosolve Ltd
- Amara set up a fully functional library in September 2018 kindly donated by Dipak & Bharti Shah, Hemina & Mitul Malde, RAAW Trust & CAREducation Trust
- Equipping classrooms with desks.
- Providing piped water and installed a water tank
- School has restricted land available for expansion, but County Development Fund (CDF) have built 8 classrooms on 2 floors and another block of 2 classrooms
- Started a food program for the school in 2015 which saw a dramatic increase in the population
"I can't think of any issue more important than working to see that no school child in this world goes hungry". - Drew Barrymore
We continue to support the school with stationery and learning materials each year
Dilapidated iron sheet classrooms that were unsafe
Overcrowded classrooms that were not conducive for learning
Built six classrooms to ease congestion
New library stucture
Old kitchen where hygiene was a constant challenge
New kitchen with energy saving stoves used to prepare 3100 lunches daily
Before receiving desks, the students barely had desk space to do their lessons
The newly constructed library and equipped with books from generous donors has the students eager to read
