Build an energy-saving school kitchen in Kenya

Summary

A modern kitchen with energy-saving stoves - to benefit environment by reducing firewood consumption - and a vegetable garden to benefit pupils by adding nutrition to bland school meals. progress report read updates from the field

Received £201 from 10 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The existing mud-brick kitchen at the school is unhygienic, hazardous and outdated. Meals are cooked upon a handful of inefficient and uneconomical open wood fires. By cooking in this way, each year the school alone consumes over 13,000kg of locally collected firewood - a practice which contributes heavily to local deforestation and environmental damage such as soil erosion. Furthermore, the bland maize-based lunches lack any nutrition and for many children is their only meal of the day.

Activities

A modern kitchen with chimneys and plumbing will ensure a hygienic environment. The energy-efficient stoves will reduce the schools consumption of firewood by up to 75 per cent and the kitchen garden will allow the school to grow its own vegetables.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will radically reduce the schools consumption of firewood and help to preserve local woodlands and forests. A productive kitchen garden will allow the school to supplement meals with nutritious vegetables to improve the health of pupils.

Project Message

"I am very proud. African Promise has helped make me and the school the success it is today."
- Amon Mwandoe, Headteacher of a school

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Charles Coldman,

Polebrook
Hever
Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NJ
United Kingdom
+447776232508
Email:

Organisation

African Promise
Polebrook
Hever
Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7NJ
United Kingdom
07776232508
http://www.africanpromise.org.uk/

Learn more about African Promise and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 23, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

The end of the April Project Challenge - how did we do?

By Charles Coldman - Founding Director, May 05, 2010 02:57 PM

We have now come to the end of the April Project Challenge. Unfortunately we were unable to reach our target of £1,000 from 50 unique donors in time - which means we will not now earn a permanent place on GlobalGiving.co.uk.

However we have still managed to raise around £200 towards the energy-saving school kitchen project. We are actively seeking the remaining funds from other sources and we hope to have these raised within the next few weeks - allowing us to implement and complete the project later in the summer.

We will post a further project update once the build is underway but, in the meantime, thank-you to all of you who supported us in this challenge.

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