Improve Education for 400 Children on Idjwi Island

The Idjwi Island Education Fund is finalizing plans and the schedule for the construction of the entire school this summer.  We have the drawings, our contractor (who has delivered on time and on budget with prior work), and the support of the school community.  With some hard work, we can have the new school ready for the students for the fall term in September.  The 350 kids at the Buhumba Primary School will be thrilled.

We can take a major step in that direction during today's Global Giving Bonus Day.  There are $75,000 in matching funds available, and all donations made today through Global Giving will receive a match.  

Through the generosity of our supporters like you, we are very close to our funding requirement to build the classroom building.  If you can provide additional support today, the Bonus Day match will help us to get even closer to finishing the entire construction effort.

The students at l'Ecole Buhumba are excited for 2016!

We are finalizing plans are raising funds to complete construction of the primary school in Buhumba Village this summer! We have obtained detailed plans, a final budget, and the construction schedule from our contractor.  As with the construction of the stone foundation for the school last year, we plan to hire local workers and source local supplies, while bringing additional supplies by boat from Goma.  Weather permitting, the construction should take about 3-4 months.    

If we can raise $15,000 in the next three months, we will be able to complete construction of the new classrooms for the school before the fall term begins in September.  If we can raise $35,000, we can complete the entire compound, including the administrative building and latrines. We can only finish the school if we raise the additional funds that are needed for construction.  We will be launching a new fundraising campaign in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, we are busy improving our ongoing programs at the school, including the Bustani sustainable garden project. We are consulting with medical professionals to design a public health program for the school, which we anticipate launching later this year.

As always, these programs are only possible through the generous contributions of our supporters.  We greatly appreciate the support from hundreds of individual donors, along with foundations and corporations that have supported our programs.    

Thank you for all that you have done to help the students at l'Ecole Buhumba!