Past Projects

- Africa
- Asia

AFRICA

KENYA
Kapenguria Boys School
St Olaves School, Orpington, donated £5,135 towards new classrooms.

Kapsongoi Primary
West Heath School gives £1,000 each year towards the orphans of this school.

Samoei Boys School
Alex Friede and his father have raised £1,700 to improve facilities here.

MALAWI
Mlanda School and Primary School
£1,454 was donated by Sophie Proctor in 2002 to fund a basketball court and to provide books and furniture at Mlanda Primary school.

St Johns Primary
£750 was donated to install a water tank and associated system for St Johns primary school. Previously, interruptions to the water supply meant that children often had to go without water in high temperatures.

UGANDA
Bupadhengo Primary & Secondary
Currently over £50 000 has been donated towards school projects at Bupadhengo Primary and Secondary - a focus of the Ugandan Rural Schools Initiative, which was set up by AV volunteer Peter Gate in 2003 to raise money for building classroom blocks, dormitories and staff houses in poor schools in Uganda. Claire and Alex van Straubenzee helped by setting up the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund in memory of their son, Henry, who died in a tragic road accident just before he was due to come to Bupadhengo as an AV. With its improved facilities Bupadhengo Primary is now achieving the best exam results in the Kamuli District.

ASIA

NEPAL
Saraswati Blind School, Gorkha
£694 was donated by AV volunteer Aidan Hargitt, which was used to improve facilities and facilitate the use of Braile.

Rumti Bridge, Himalayas
£2,000 donated towards the cost of a bridge to help children reach their school. In the monsoon period the children of the remote Long Dyop village faced a 2½ hour walk to school after the bridge at Rumti was swept away by floods. Since the new bridge was opened in October 2006, they have been able to reach school and doctors in 1½ hours.

BURSARIES
We have granted a total of over £20,000 in bursaries to 164 children in schools in Kenya , Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi. These bursaries are administered by the head teachers of schools so that a child, once sponsored, can complete his or her education. They are awarded to children who could otherwise not afford the costs (e.g. food and boarding charges if they live far from school) and therefore have to leave school early.