WATER TANK & TOILETS FOR TARU GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL

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We, the Board of management of Taru Girls School kindly and humbly wish to forward a request for fund support to you as a willing and supportive donor to come and assist the school; so as, to give hope to the learners and support ministry of education towards 100% transition of girls through secondary school. Since our school is a desperate state, you are free redesign any project to suit your financial status.

We are grateful and appreciate you.

We are looking forward to your kind support

Yours faithfully

Md. Anne Mwakio

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PROBLEM STATEMENT

The school is situated in Taru desert, as the name suggests. This makes it very difficult or the lives of the residents in this region to move smoothly in life. Sometimes, many of them are very desperate when it comes to educating their children because they depend entirely on small farms and little frocks with so little output. Most of the seasons end up in crop failure due to short rains before the crops are ready for harvest. You can see how a parent really struggles and even begs to bring firewood for the child to stay in school. On the other end of the problem is the Human –wildlife conflict; since the area neighbours the Tsavo national park from where the wild animals roam freely day and night destroying the farms and crops in the process. The Girls’ were not spared the danger of wild animals; since elephants, snakes and a battery of other animals have been seen roaming through the school compound even at night, thus putting their lives in danger; but a well-wisher (Kenya-keys) assisted in putting up a fence, which has secured the girls, their properties and the entire school community from danger.

So, one would understand the kind of lifestyle the Taru community affords, especially that most of them are not in the formal employment sector, or no employment at all, which means most of them depend entirely on their shambas, livestock, small farms for up-keep.

STATEMENT OF NEED

Despite all these challenges, the community with the assistance of the CDF (Constituency Development Fund) managed to put up a dormitory for the Girls’. From 2018 the school grew in terms of enrolment; thus the demand for another dormitory, because of a double (2) stream.

A well-wisher (Kenya-Keys), donated 144 bed-capacities to lessen the congestion; but it can only accommodate 144 Girls, leaving the other 116 out, after the old dormitory has taken another 80. Thus, the urgent need to put a new dormitory; since the student numbers are increasing yearly, having started a double stream. Therefore, there is need for a 196 capacity dormitory.

So, with our parents being in the desperate state described above; we are requesting our friends and well-wishers to come and assist in cash and kind, to enable the school to accommodate the extra number of 116 students, who are making the current spaces to be jam-packed.

The school management board (B.O.M) has come up with the following action plan:

FACILITIES URGENTLY REQUIRED

1. STUDENT TOILETS

– 12 modern toilets
– 2 septic tanks

Priority: Urgent

Description:

– 2 hand washing basins/sinks
– Tilled floor and walls
– 2 toilets for persons with special needs

2. CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK

The school has no administration block at present. The principal’s newly constructed house is where the administration block is housed to serve as administrative office. As time has moved on, the demand to utilize the house as an administration block has arisen, because the form 1 class of 2019 has been learning in the Laboratory; and the form 1 classroom which has been housing the administration block. The management has therefore, kindly request for financial support to construction an administration block at a cost of kshs 10,000,000/=

Time frame: 2019/2020 academic year
Priority: urgent
Description:
-Boardroom
-Staffrooms
-5 HODs office -Principal’s office
– Deputy Principal’s office -Account office

-3 toilets in the office

-1 toilet for the physically challenged persons with special needs

ESTIMATED COST: kshs 10,000,000

3. CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NEW CLASSROOMS

There is need to construct more classrooms, so as to admit more girls to school from within Kwale County and beyond. This will help to eradicate illiteracy among the people of Kwale County, especially the girl- child and young mothers, who will be able to secure employable positions in the county in future. There is also need for more classrooms to accommodate students during optional subjects.

Time frame: April’, 2019 Priority: Urgent

Description:

-Not less than 5 classrooms
– Capacity: 50 students in each class
– Aluminum box profile roofing sheets for durability.
– An in-built wall unit for each class
-A teachers table for each class and its chairs
– 2 white boards. One at the front and another one at the back of each classroom – Cooling fans: sometimes it gets extremely hot
-Windows to open from outside, for the learners safety
@ Classroom costs 12,500,000/=

4. PURCHASE OF 100 DOUBLE DECKER BEDS

The enrolment of 140 Form 1 students in 2019, who are housed within the new school dormitory, the management urgently, requires funding to support the purchase of 100 double decker beds.

Time frame: April, 2019 Priority: Urgent Description

– 100 double-decker beds @ Total estimated cost kshs 1,400,778

5. A NEW GIRLS’ DORMITORY

The school enrolment presently stands at 340 students, housed in the two dormitories, with a bed capacity of 224 students. Mama Rinda accommodates 144 and Hon. Achani accommodates 80; totaling to 224; plus the extra 116, who require an extra dormitory. At the beginning of the year 2018 the school opened up its doors for the calendar year of 2019 form one (1) students intake targeting 120 students, but 140 have been admitted so far. This has precipitated the management to urgently source for funding to the tune of about Kshs 10,000,000 million to construct a Girls’ dormitory, which will accommodate 160 students. Currently the dormitories do not have enough capacity to accommodate the new-comers. At the close of 2019 the school opened its gates to yet another lot of 120 students; thus the need for more resources in 2020.

Time frame: April, 2019 Priority: ‘Urgent’ Description:

– Estimated Cost: Kshs 10,000,000/=
– Capacity: 160 leaners

6. STAFF HOUSES.

The school has no staff houses; thus a risk to the girls staying alone without a teacher within the school compound; in case of critical issues like the fire incident which destroyed the only dormitory arise. i.e. cases of arson in schools have been witnessed in Kenya, since time immemorial. Currently the school matron is staying with the girls at night alone. The Board of Management and the school fraternity take this as priority.

Time frame: Dec 2019 Priority: Urgent Description:

– 2 staff quarters
– 2 bedrooms (self-contained)
– In-built wardrobes
– Kitchen cabinets and sinks
– Ceiling
– @ a cost of 2.5 million
– TOTAL COST KSHS 5,000,000

7. MODERN KITCHEN WITH A DINNING HALL

Currently the food is being cooked in a make shift kitchen, with inadequate space and, which is Environmentally hazardous due to the space it occupies. This will enable the cooks to work in a conducive environment for good hygiene; more so, students eat from outside, where there is a lot of dust.

Time frame: 2018/2019 academic year Priority: Urgent

Description

A. A MODERN KITCHEN

– A modern kitchen
– A tilled floor
– Installed energy-saving Jikos
– 1 bakery
– A food store-house
– A ceiling with fumes-outlet
– A washing area with a slab and sinks for washing utensils
– Cateress office attached to the store
– A dining secretary’s office attached to the cateress office

B. DINING HALL

Can be used as a multipurpose hall, stage and a platform for indoor events

– 2 main doors
– 2 exiting doors at both entrance corners of the stage with a carrying capacity of 500 persons.
– Tables (Metallic)
– 500 Chairs (metallic)
– Fans (15)

TOTAL ESTIMATED COST: KSHS 20,000,000.00

8. LIBRARY:

Time frame: 2019/2020 Academic year

Priority: Urgent
Description

– A Library (3,000,000 million)
– A bookstore (1,000,000 Million)
– A computer-room (1,000,000 Million)
– Shelves: made of mahogany/mauve/Ebony
– Capacity: 300 learners
– Librarian’s office within the library
– A computer room attached to the library
– 12 tables @ kshs 20,000 (hardwood)= kshs 250,000 (Consider portioned tables)
– 300 chairs @ 2,000 (hardwood)= kshs 600, 000
– A raised platform within the reading area for the monitoring of the students’ utilizing the libraryresources at every given moment.
– Bookstore attached to the library
– 3 computer desks @ 36,000.00= kshs108,000
– Photocopier printer @108,000TOTAL COST: KSHS 10 million

9. 100,000 LITRES UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE TANK

DESCRIPTION

– An underground tank
– Cement and concrete

Estimated cost: Kshs 3,000,000.00

DONE PROJECTS

School fence, by Kenya keys organization; (Concrete poles, barbed wire with chain link),
1 classroom under construction, by parents

GRATITUDES

We are very grateful to the following for extending their support to the school:-

Kinango CDF committee supported the construction of 4 classrooms, hostel, 40 lockers, 50 double decker beds and laboratory construction.
Kwale County Government – supported with the installation of the solar power lighting.
Kenya-Keys: donated a dormitory, with a bed-capacity of 144.: Fenced the school
Parents / Guardians contribution

Payment to land (paid in full)
Purchase 300 lockers and staff furniture
Purchase 50 lockers for form 3

Teacher house- Converted to Administration.