The greatest gifts of all

Seeing happy kids because they got the chance to visit school.

I am very proud to see these students finishing school successfully soon (left picture). Also the other classes are performing well. The girls are very focused and disciplined knowing the benefits of education. Talking to them and learning about their future dreams gives me goosebumps and the reassurance of doing the right thing.

The maintanance of the schools garden is our permanent task. Recently we hired a gardener who is not only responsible for working on the garden, but also for teaching the girls how to grow vegetables to guarantee a self-sufficient, sustainable agriculture. 

Renovations need to be done, some of the ceilings in the classrooms are broken, some of the doors are not closing properly and some of the floors erode.

During the last year the classroom was being built and desks were produced.

Visiting girls during their school holidays.

During the rain season the inhabitants of Mosiro collect as much rain water as they can get to survive the following eight to nine months of drought. The place appears green, animals are well fed and people face less problems in terms of lacking water. Nevertheless, the 25km trip reaching the bush can become a real hassle. Due to heavy rains and muddy roads, cars get stuck overnight, so that taking the motorbike is the faster mean of transport.

Building a new classroom

Practicing agriculture, forming a gardening group and thereby teaching how to be responsible is an important tool to becoming self-sufficient.

Visiting girls and taking part in a meeting to discuss changes and improvements for the upcoming school-term.

Since the existing pit latrines were filled up as a result of the girls using stones to wipe themselves, we built a new toilet block. Before that they had a long distance to walk which was both, dangerous and inconvenient, referring to the risk of getting kidnapped or getting attacked by wild animals.

Thanks to the huge amount of donations from the Rotary Club Schrobenhausen-Aichach in Germany and the Rotary Club Dielsdorf in Switzerland we managed to build a new toilet block of 16 pit latrines within the school ground. During an opening ceremony we also tought the girls how to use toilet paper.

We are more than thankful for all the donations we received in the past year. This is an incredible success, which we owe many wonderful people.

The money was used for supplying the girls with basic needs like food, water, hygienic items, school uniforms, beddings and mattresses. We even could produce bunk beds to prevent up to four girls sleeping in one bed.

Thanks to the donations the school is able to host the increasing number of girls, consequently saving them from FGM and child marriage and giving them a chance to thrive.