1000 Voices for Hope - Building Mahiga Hope High

When The Nobeltiy Project partnered with the communty of Mahiga, Kenya to build the area's first high school, we didn't realize how many great things would come from this work (which was launched by the 1000 Voices for Hope campaign). The campaign is still underway, and with the first Senior Class starting 12th grade in a...

From the very beginnings of Mahiga Hope High School three years ago, I'd envisioned that when the students of Mahiga, Kenya had completed their early morning walks to school, they'd pass through a set of gates that symbolized a door to opportunity and hope. Gates weren't a priority of course. We had to focus first on...

We are just back from Kenya and a fantastic working trip to Mahiga Hope High School. Now part of the Kieni West Education District, the school has a fine principal, deputy principal and a growing staff of teachers. Enrollment in the high school has grown from our first nine students two years ago to over 150, now in grades...

It's been quite a year for Mahiga Hope High School and The Nobelity Project. One year after we broke ground and began construction on the classroom building and the Rainwater Court, the school is open with 135 high schoolers enrolled in grades 9, 10 and 11. That number goes up every month, and we are well on our way to...

In the days before Christmas, I've received lots of wonderful Christmas greetings and heartfelt thank you's from students and community members in Mahiga and wanted to pass those along to everyone who's helped build this wonderful new high school. Kenyan schools are on a trimester calender so the month of December is a...

The Grand Opening of Mahiga Hope High School on October 1 was a tremendous celebration with The Nobelity Project's Turk and Christy Pipkin, Architecture for Humanity's Greg Elsner and Michael Jones, and over a 1,000 members of the local community who turned out to see the area's first high school. Greg Elsner has spent...

It's really getting exciting in Mahiga! Christy and I are back from a work and planning trip and have lots to report. The Classroom and Libraries Building has reached its full height and is completely roofed. Windows and rails have even been completed since I took the photo below. Likewise for the lower sidewalk and grading...

I'm returning from Kenya with great photos and video of progress at Mahiga Hope High School. After a huge dawn-to-dark concrete pour with 50 workers, the classroom/libraries building is now on its second floor. Construction on the new kitchen is underway - with both of those buildings scheduled for a grand-opening in...

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...