EVERY day secondary students walk up to 5 miles each way to attend classes as there is no secondary school in their community. In a place without the ‘school run’, with no school buses, high poverty, low bike (bicycle) ownership, this is tough on the students, particularly if their walk […]
The guys have just completed the roof on the 2 classroom, office and staffroom block. Concreting the floors and rendering throughout will be next They are also going to undertake the completion of digging the toilet block pit and then start to build the toilet block.
My current project is funding the building of a small secondary school in Konno Town, Sierra Leone, as currently students have to walk up to 5 miles each way to attend classes. Key Phases of the Build Phase 1 – we are currently building and equipping two classrooms, a staffroom […]
In the Konno Town village area there are 3 junior schools but many of the secondary students are having to walk up to 5 miles a day to attend the nearest available school. After discussions with the local village elders we purchased half an acre of land in order to […]
5 year old Harry is a member of Banbury Rugby Clubs Junior section and has taken an interest in my projects after his dad spoke to him about children in Sierra Leone. He has been collecting 1 pence & 5 pence coins and last week he presented me with a […]
The following article was published in “Read This” … magazine Issue 17 Sept 2022 A Banbury Rotarian has raised a “Third of a Million” pounds for Sierra Leone projects Alan Wolstencroft, a member of Banbury Rotary Club since 2004, first went to Sierra Leone in 2005 as a volunteer member of […]
The 4 classrooms, staff room, office and storage area have now been completed at Kankalay Junior Secondary School. The contractors are in the process of making 80 desk and bench sets for the new classrooms and providing furniture for the staff areas. This will greatly improve the learning environment for […]
We have got the third and fourth classrooms up to wall height and have formed all the concrete lintels. The next stage is to build the gable end walls and then start the roofing. We have made really good progress but need additional funding in order to ensure the work […]
Since February I have been funding some new facilities for the 200+children at this Junior Secondary (12 to 16) school. So far we have built a 6 cubicle toilet block and are in the final stages (painting, fitting ceilings & blackboards) of the 2 classrooms plus we have built an […]
