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It was the nightmare we all feared.
The heavy October rain weakened the mud-brick walls of Institut Gufwa-Gubila, one of the two secondary schools serving the children of the Greater Kandale area. The walls gave way, causing the roofs of two classrooms blocks to collapse, rendering the buildings unsafe and unusable.
Fortunately, the collapse occurred during the evening, and no one was injured.
As our most recent video points out, there is a pressing need for more classrooms in the best of times. But the events of Oct. 4 underscore the need for safer, more modern, and well-constructed classrooms in Kandale.
Our campaign to build seven new classrooms by the start of the 2020-2021 school year has become all the more urgent with the latest disaster. Our aim is to raise $75,000 for this phase of school construction and related programs.
REVE Kandale founder Colette Ramm was on a visit to Kandale when the disaster struck. “The residents of Kandale are resilient, but we need your help now more than ever,” she said.
You can donate here on GoFundMe or by going directly to our website at https://www.revekandale.org/donate.
Institut Gufwa-Gubila dates to the 1970s and had been built through the perseverance of Kandale residents, who were determined to have a secondary school. (https://vimeo.com/334786859) But without any assistance to speak of, the only affordable building materials were mud bricks, which weaken over time. In retrospect, it is a wonder the buildings lasted as long as they did.
With your assistance we have a new brick-making machine in place and have about one-third of the cement we will need to complete seven new classrooms with stronger, reinforced concrete. We still need to find funding for the remainder of the cement, roofing sheets, and other building materials.
As it stands, the students of Institut Gufwa-Gubila have moved into a six-classroom block built in 2011 by REVE Kandale that had housed part of the primary school. The displaced primary school students have relocated to the other primary school block as a temporary solution. Desks in that school block that had been shared by two students are now used by three or four.
It’s clear the students want to learn. Let us please give them a chance.
Your support is making a difference in the lives of these children. Keep up the good work!
The heavy October rain weakened the mud-brick walls of Institut Gufwa-Gubila, one of the two secondary schools serving the children of the Greater Kandale area. The walls gave way, causing the roofs of two classrooms blocks to collapse, rendering the buildings unsafe and unusable.
Fortunately, the collapse occurred during the evening, and no one was injured.
As our most recent video points out, there is a pressing need for more classrooms in the best of times. But the events of Oct. 4 underscore the need for safer, more modern, and well-constructed classrooms in Kandale.
Our campaign to build seven new classrooms by the start of the 2020-2021 school year has become all the more urgent with the latest disaster. Our aim is to raise $75,000 for this phase of school construction and related programs.
REVE Kandale founder Colette Ramm was on a visit to Kandale when the disaster struck. “The residents of Kandale are resilient, but we need your help now more than ever,” she said.
You can donate here on GoFundMe or by going directly to our website at https://www.revekandale.org/donate.
Institut Gufwa-Gubila dates to the 1970s and had been built through the perseverance of Kandale residents, who were determined to have a secondary school. (https://vimeo.com/334786859) But without any assistance to speak of, the only affordable building materials were mud bricks, which weaken over time. In retrospect, it is a wonder the buildings lasted as long as they did.
With your assistance we have a new brick-making machine in place and have about one-third of the cement we will need to complete seven new classrooms with stronger, reinforced concrete. We still need to find funding for the remainder of the cement, roofing sheets, and other building materials.
As it stands, the students of Institut Gufwa-Gubila have moved into a six-classroom block built in 2011 by REVE Kandale that had housed part of the primary school. The displaced primary school students have relocated to the other primary school block as a temporary solution. Desks in that school block that had been shared by two students are now used by three or four.
It’s clear the students want to learn. Let us please give them a chance.
Your support is making a difference in the lives of these children. Keep up the good work!
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Reve Kandale Foundation
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Bethesda, MD
REVE Kandale Foundation, Inc
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