The needs of Zimbabwe and
all of sub Saharan Africa are of concern to all who hear the plight of the
people.
registered charity 1119045
Building on success - Making a difference
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Bere Primary
School
The
school needs clean accessible water. Some pupils have to cross the River
Nyazwidzi to get to the school, the problem is there is no bridge and
the river has crocodiles in it! The buildings are termite damaged and
particularly the roofs are in danger of collapse. Together we will make a difference.
What the school would like to do over
the next few years.... provision of clean water at the school - sinking of a borehole & installation of storage tanks & piping to classes, toilets & teacher houses.
construction and commissioning of a foot-bridge across Nyazwidzi River to enable pupils to safely access the school all year.
rebuilding of the school in these stages:- build one four classroom block (with staff room) on the southern wing of the existing campus. demotion of oldest two classroom block & building in its place; of admin block housing a library & storeroom. demolition of remaining three classroom block and replacement of same with a new four classroom block. building of three (two user) teacher houses. provision of resource materials, working capital, library books, stationery, classroom furniture & office equipment additional housing for teachers. building & resourcing of school tuck-shop for income generation. starting of other income generating projects to sustain the school |
    
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The
school is 10km from the main road, in the village called Bere, in an
area called Maburutse, in the Buhera District of Manicaland Province,
Zimbabwe. Today, after a whole 7 years of learning, the children generally perform in the range of below-average to dismal. (official description)
They have no
chance and they have no hope.
They are
condemned to the poverty that surrounds them.
The poverty that has haunted their parents and left the parents unable to put a roof on their classrooms.
unable to put
a door on their classrooms.
unable to
repair the floors to their classrooms.
unable to
provide resources for their learning.
unable to pay
meaningful fees.
unable to
provide basic books.
unable to
provide descent shelter for their teachers.
unable to
stop the cycle of poverty
in conditions so bad that the teachers deployed at the
school
feel dumped
into the pit of poverty
feel demotivated .....
There
is no library and no library books.
There are no basic text books and sometimes the only book in the class is the teacher's copy. There is inadequate furniture in the classes. Grade one and two classrooms have no doors, grade three has half a door and the rest will fall anytime now (termites have destroyed them).
The classrooms windows generally have no window panes and on cold days the children endure the merciless cold and on dusty and windy days the same. The roofing timber is old and termite damaged...the roof barely holds onto the building. Many roofing sheets are either damaged or bent and the roofs leak everywhere. There are serious cracks in the walls making the classrooms dangerous. Most of the floors are beyond repair. The classrooms have been repaired over and over again and cannot economically be repaired anymore or safely be used. Grades 4 and 5 share the same classroom because there is no space. The Pre-School operates from under the tree.
Please help us
to help them
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