Providing a classroom for Namibian school Children

Summary

This project will build a new classroom and library building for 5th and 6th grade children in a rural village in the Caprivi Strip in Namibia. The children are orphaned or HIV infected.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

My name is Griffin Vanze. I am currently a volunteer teacher at a primary school in a small village in the Caprivi Strip. I have been here for about one year and will be here for another year and a half. My village needs two classrooms and a library, but the school cannot afford it. I am raising money for the construction costs and I need your help in the funding of the project.

How will this project solve this problem?

The rooms in which grades 5 and 6 currently learn are mud huts with tin roofs. The tin roof recently blew off in a windstorm. The government has agreed to build a new classroom block, if I can raise half the money.

Potential Long Term Impact

The Caprivi Strip has an HIV /Aids rate of at least 39%. Alchoholism is a serious problem. 85% of the children in my school are orphaned. I see education as a way of helping these children rise above the astoundingly difficult conditions.

Project Message

Alone, I will not be able to complete this building, but together we can erect a monument of hope for the future of Namibia’s children. Thank you very much for your time and concern for my cause.
- Griffin Vanze, Volunteer teacher

Additional Documentation

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