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The community in Robonka, Sierra Leone built their own school but when the SHF delegation, including Noel O’Keeffe, archtectural technician from PM, visited the school two years ago it was in very poor repair. On Noel’s recommendation it was decided to rehabilitate the building rather than replace it completely as most of the structure was sound.
We’re happy to report that this project has now commenced.
The happy community hears the news
Work commences
Yet again there will be a SHF delegation from Scoil Mhuire Cork to our projects in Sierra Leone.
In February 2023 ten students from SMC will travel accompanied by SHF founders John Mitchell and Bernice O’Brien, Board member Marian Hackett and leaving volunteer Debbie O’Connell.
We were happy to provide scholarships to secondary school for pupils in our new school in Debundscha, Cameroon.
The students were haapy and grateful.
Thanks to a very generous donation from Bank of Ireland Staff Charitable Fund we are now in a position to provide another school block in Rothana community, Sierra Leone. This will replace a damaged old building which was used as the class numbers had grown greatly.
SHF has already funded a school block, teacher housing, solar lighting and a school water well.
The new block will include a pre-school.
Material for the building is being purchased at present and a SHF delegation will officially the new block in February 2023.
The preschool kids will get a nice new classroom
This unsuitable building will be replaced by the new block
Thanks to the generous support of Forsa trade union we were able to open a second school block in Geisha community, Mzuzu, Malawi.
We also supplied desks for the new block. Unfortunately many children still sit on the ground in this and other schools in Malawi.
Work is progressing on the school block we have co-funded with US foundation Global Pearls in Debundscha, Cameroon.
The overall objective of this project is to reduce the overcrowded classrooms and improve the
learning conditions in the Debundscha Primary School, through planned activities like the
construction of two ventilated classrooms block, and a two pit toilets block, the supply of
school textbooks, and benches, and lastly, training pupils, and teachers on healthy sanitation
habits and good use/maintenance of the toilets.
Since October 2021 till date our local partners have been able to construct the foundations of the two
classrooms and toilets blocks.
