1000 Voices for Hope - Building Mahiga Hope High

Summary

In rural Kenya, The Nobelity Project is building the area’s only high school, an innovative, sustainable facility for hundreds of kids. Join the Choir - Be one of 1000 Voices for Hope! project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Nobelity Project has partnered with a low-income community to turn a local primary school into the top-rated school in the district. But education shouldn’t end after the 8th grade. With no high school in the area, the children of Mahiga have few options in life. Be one of 1000 Voices for Hope! Join the Choir with our donors Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett and Emily Robison & Martie Maguire of The Dixie Chicks. 1,000 donors x $100 = HOPE

Activities

This funding will be matched to double every dollar donated, resulting in construction of 8 modern classrooms, science labs, computer and book libraries. They will join the award-winning RainWater Court, already funded.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $17,588
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $82,412
Total Funding Goal: $100,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To enable the education district to provide a full 12-year education for all local students, up to 100 students per grade. The aim is for every student to have a diploma and the qualifications for employment or advancement to Kenyan Universities.

Project Message

The sea is made up of drops of water. What you do, where you are, is of significance. In Africa, they say there is only one way of eating an elephant... one piece at a time.
- Desmond Tutu, from "Nobelity"

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Turk Pipkin

2600 N. Cuernavaca Dr.
Austin, TX 78733
United States
512-263-7971
Email:

Organization

Nobelity Project Logo

Nobelity Project
2600 N. Cuernavaca
Austin, TX 78733
http://www.nobelity.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in KenyaKenya and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 18, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 29, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Good news from Kenya - on to Haiti

By Turk Pipkin - Founder, The Nobelity Project, January 18, 2010 08:58 PM

9th graders laying out the RainWater CourtThe RainWater Court
I have good news from Kenya where our Architecture for Humanity design fellow Greg Elsner reports that both design and engineering work are done on the two principle buildings of the High School. The RainWater Court and the Main Classroom block are fully approved for construction, and a number of contractors are now bidding for the privilege of building them.

Check the photo below to see our first class of 9th graders (currently studying in temporary classrooms) as they use the age-old 3-4-5 method to lay a square and mark the boundaries of the RainWater Court.

Fundraising has continued to progress, and once we've completed the 1000 Voices for Hope campaign, the school will be fully funded. In the meantime, we expect to be breaking ground within a matter of weeks.

I'm making this report just days after the terrible earthquake in Haiti, and am hopeful that the good news from Kenya will ultimately be good news for Haiti. The RainWater court design from Mahiga will be the basis of the Youth Sports Facility and Disaster Recovery Center in Port-au-Prince. The Haiti replication will include water, renewable power and an earthquake and hurricane proof structure and we believe it will be an anchor of hope for Haiti.

Thanks for your support. Keep it coming and spread the word. The sooner we complete funding and open Mahiga Hope High School, the quicker we can turn our attention to Haiti where hope is currently in short supply.

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