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Choya Primary School 2016

Choya, The Gambia

Working with the local Gambian Community in Madison, Wisconsin we were able to build a small building and establish a library in this rural village. We later added solar power to the classroom building to enable evening study labs and community meetings. 

Awae Primary School

Nairobi, Kenya

Our contacts in Nairobi identified the location of our next project.  

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ArkStar Academy 2018

Thika, Kenya

A fellow TPP (The Pollination Project) grantee runs Ark Star Academy for disadvantaged youth in Thika. We were able to prepare a library room for them and provide books.  

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Mt Kenya Area Primary Schools

Kirinyaga, Kenya

A chance meeting at a Pollination Project Grantee meeting in Nairobi precipitated a project to open libraries in six primary schools in the Mt Kenya area.  

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Valley View Academy 2014

Mathare, Nairobi, Africa

Our initial project, a library for Valley View Academy a primary school for 1,000 kids in the Mathare slum area of Nairobi, prompted us to want to do more! In 2015 we created their computer lab and sent them additional books.  

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Abundant Life 2015 

Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya​

This small but mighty school was our second location. Also located in the Mathare slum area of Nairobi, the school was forced to close after a fire damaged part of the building. We are hoping they open again soon! 

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St, James Primary 2016

Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya

​Wisconsin connections led us to our next project, a school in the Dandora slum area of Nairobi. 

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SOAR Kenya Academy 2017

Nakuru, Kenya

What started as a request for books, ended up being extensive finishing work for a school library. 

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Unifat Primary 2019

Gulu, Uganda

We worked with Friends of UNIFAT to establish a library and computer lab at Unifat School in Gulu

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Computer Labs 2019

Rural, Kenya

A grant from Endless Computers allowed us to open five computer labs in rural Kenya.  

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