1 - 15 de Septiembre School: Classrooms
Nicaragua, 2017, Education
This school in Matagalpa has 475 students. In 2016 we built two classrooms, toilets and a kitchen. This year we built another two classrooms and performed other repairs. The goal is to make it an approved "Model School".
- Project Cost $14018
TGUP Partner: Seeds of Learning
2 - Heavenly Preschool: Upgrade
South Africa, 2017, Education
We completely renovated 3 preschool rooms including repairing, painting and decorating interior and exterior walls. We installed a jungle gym and donated educational toys, books and tables and chairs.
- Project Cost $750
TGUP Partner: Cuddle Trust
3 - Jack and Jill Preschool: Upgrade
South Africa, 2017, Education
The interior and exterior walls were prepped and painted, then decorated with shapes and numbers. A climbing frame, children's tables and chairs, and a teacher's desk were installed, as well as a hanging rack for backpacks.
- Project Cost $750
TGUP Partner: Cuddle Trust
4 - Putfontein School: Upgrade
South Africa, 2017, Education
We converted a storage room into a Pre-K classroom and built a multi-part balancing structure. A large wall mural was painted and the walkway to the Pre-K room was painted with lots of games to encourage gross motor play.
- Project Cost $750
TGUP Partner: Cuddle Trust
5 - Ngungu School: Boys' Latrines
Kenya, 2017, Sanitation
We built 4 pit latrines and 2 urinals at Ngungu School in Kirinyaga. The latrines were collapsing, unsanitary and unsafe. Many of the students were no longer attending school due to the lack of toilet facilities.
- Project Cost $5000
TGUP Partner: Kiini Sustainable Initiative (KISI)
6 - Reya Gona: Disabled Care Center
South Africa, 2017, Health
We built a care facility for physically disabled children. The facility will provide a safe place for the children, and also offer physical therapy, occupational therapy and educational training to children and their parents.
- Project Cost $8500
TGUP Partner: Cuddle Trust
7 - Bright Star School: Staircase
Kenya, 2017, Infrastructure
The stairs at the Mwea Bright Star School were dangerous and falling down, risking injury to both students and staff. TGUP funded the building of a new staircase.
- Project Cost $1140
TGUP Partner: Kiini Sustainable Initiative (KISI)
8 - Save a Girl 2017S: Save a Girl SA 17
South Africa, 2017, Health
We gave health education and reusable sanitary supplies to 200 girls in Tembisa. They can now attend school every week and reach their educational potential. Without the kits most would have dropped out of school.
- Project Cost $1000
TGUP Partner: Cuddle Trust
9 - Save a Girl 2017K: First Distribution
Kenya, 2017, Health
Working with our partner KISI we distributed 250 washable sanitary kits to girls in the Nyeri and Jikaze Districts. They will enable the girls to complete high school, and so avoid becoming second class citizens.
- Project Cost $1250
TGUP Partner: Kiini Sustainable Initiative (KISI)
10 - Bali Phase 2: Latrines
Indonesia, 2017, Sanitation
We built another 23 engineered latrines throughout Ban to help insulate the water supply from human waste. The units cost $250 each and will last for 25 years. The labor was contributed by local residents.
- Project Cost $5750
TGUP Partner: East Bali Poverty Project
11 - Save a Girl 2017N: Save a Girl NP 17
Nepal, 2017, Health
We gave health education and reusable sanitary supplies to 300 girls in Nepal. Without them, many would have had to drop out of school and get married, perform low paying jobs or been sold into the sex trade.
- Project Cost $1500
TGUP Partner: One Heart Worldwide
12 - Community Center: Laptops
South Africa, 2017, Education
Los Altos High School donated 15 laptops which are being used to teach computer skills at the community center in the Tembisa township. Without these skills the people remain consigned to manual labor work.