1 - Gakawa School: Classroom
Kenya, 2011, Education
Gakawa School is in a very poor area near Nanyuki in Central Kenya, where the community survives on subsistence farming. The old buildings were made of wood and corrugated metal, and leaked when it rained. We built a weather-proof computer lab so students can become computer literate, connect with the world, and get better jobs.
- Project Cost $9000
TGUP Partner: SEANet
2 - Santa Isabel School: Classroom
Nicaragua, 2011, Education
Located on a coffee plantation, Santa Isabel School held all their classes in an old wooden coffee storage building. However, it was needed for storage during the harvest season, so there could be no school at that time of the year. With their beautiful, new, purpose-built classroom they can hold classes year-round.
- Project Cost $7000
TGUP Partner: Seeds of Learning
3 - eGardens Laptops: Agriculture
Kenya, 2011, Nutrition
We sent 42 used computers to help with the Kenyan schools' E-Gardens project. E-Gardens used the laptops to build an electronic system that now connects 11 schools in Kenya so they can share best agricultural practices, including advice on how to build water catchment systems, drip irrigation options, and more.
- Project Cost $3000
TGUP Partner: SEANet
4 - Montegrande School: Classroom
Nicaragua, 2011, Education
We built a 2-room brick school in Montegrande, in the Matagalpa mountains of Nicaragua. It replaced a wooden coffee bean storage shed that had been their only classroom, and wasn't available during the coffee harvest season. Sixteen of our volunteer students traveled to Nicaragua to help with the construction.
- Project Cost $8500
TGUP Partner: Seeds of Learning
5 - Manyesa School: Teacher's Scholarship
Malawi, 2011, Vocation
Eliza Milenya wanted to study at the Malawi National Teacher's College so she could teach at the school where we have funded classrooms. When the teachers at a school in Los Altos, CA, heard that it would only take $5 from each of them to fund Eliza's scholarship, they immediately donated. She is now teaching at Manyesa School.
- Project Cost $600
