An update from Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe #BookmarkProject. The school has been closed since March and Covid cases in the area are v.low due to the distance from pretty much anywhere! The teachers have been busy though getting ready to welcome the children back 1)
With school closed & many parents out of work there are no school fees coming in. The school has started some income generating projects for the school - planting a new field of banana plants and the purchase of 100 broiler chicks to raise and sell to raise funds 2)
The children will be involved in looking after both With the support of @mercycorps the school is building some new toilets & we have helped with funding for some of the building materials. We have recently transferred the money to pay for the construction of another new block 3)
of toilets. The teachers are welcoming back the grade 7 students this week to help them prepare for their end of primary exams. Over the next couple of months they will welcome back the rest of the children (between now & the middle of November as set out by the Zim Govt. 4)
We are waiting for the drilling company to return to school to try to sink a new borehole (the previous attempts did not find water) with support from @UNICEF we are determined to help provide a new supply of water. Our long term goal is still to build a nursery classroom 5)
And with the help of all our #BookmarkProject friends I am sure we will 6)
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