Jambo!Hello!

Build Africa helps children in rural Kenya and Uganda go to school

Kenya Uganda

Why do they need help?

Today we are going to learn about conditions for children in Kenya and Uganda who want to go to school.

Think about where you were this morning

It’s very different from a typical home in Kenya

And a typical kitchen

And think about how you got to school today

In Africa almost all children walk have to walk to school It can take them over an hour to walk to school

And it can be a long way and very hot

And when they get to school the classrooms are falling apart

Children have to sit on the floor because there are not enough desks

Sometimes there are no classrooms so they have lessons under a tree

And if they do not have enough books they have to share or go without

Many children are taught in classrooms like this

Children in Africa are desperate to go to school and learn

Irine wants to be a nurse when she grows up

Why would it be hard for Irine to learn at school?

Lessons are cancelled and students sent home when it rains

Hard to hear if it is windy or raining

Hard to concentrate if you don’t have a desk and a chair to sit on

Cannot practice writing when you do not have any books

Would you want to go to school if it looked like this?

That’s why Build Africa needs your help

Build Africa wants to build safe classrooms

So that children can learn properly with correct equipment

Sitting at their own desks

And with enough textbooks so that they do not have to share

And you can help Build Africa! Your school can raise money to …

… build classrooms …

… buy desks …

… and books …

So that all the children in Kenya and Uganda can go to school and learn

Thank you for helping Build Africa and the children of Kenya and Uganda

Asante! Thank You!