HEre are some of the projects in East Africa that CanAssist is working on - or plans to start soon. Your donation can help us complete this work.
The Hope For Youth School in Uganda has received support from CanAssist over the past several years and the students are doing well. The school now has a teachers' quarters which facilitates the hiring and retention of good teachers. Having affordable accommodation on site means that teachers can focus more on their students and their lessons. Currently we are in the process of building a new 4 classroom school structure on the property to replace the original structure that has become quite dilapidated. The first classroom unit is done, the second is in construction and we are actively soliciting funds to complete the two remaining rooms.
Canassist recently funded the repair of 4 borehole wells in the Mukono region of Uganda. These outdated community boreholes were in much need of repair as each well services more than 1000 people. Access to clean water is a basic human need which CanAssist is happy to support. There are additional wells that need repair and with your help we CanAssist!
Water is life!
CanAssist is happy to support Global Hope Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre which is a child and social services centre. The project currently gives care, protection, shelter, food and other basic needs over 70 boys who have been rescued from the streets of Ngong and Nairobi. Thanks for the initiative of Kingston advocates Nancy Stevens and Kenya Help!
CanAssist has constructed a solar-powered fish freezer storage facility at the Kamin Oningo Beach in rural Kenya by Lake Victoria. This project will help the local fishermen to clean and store their catch until it can be picked up to take to the city market. Currently the fishing yield has gone down so vendors are not coming regularly to pick up the catch from the beach unit. Much of the meagre fish catch gets wasted as it can not be stored for pick up. This project will help the local economy economically.
***Project Update: CanAssist has recently installed a second water tank at this site due to increased demand for water by the fishing community. We also sent funds for the purchase of a back-up generator to supplement the solar generating station that we had previously installed. Rain or shine, the fish freezers will have power.
***Project Update: CanAssist has recently installed a second water tank at this site due to increased demand for water by the fishing community. We also sent funds for the purchase of a back-up generator to supplement the solar generating station that we had previously installed. Rain or shine, the fish freezers will have power.
CanAssist trustee, Nancy Grew and her son Adrian, recently visited the sports pad at St Catherine school in the Ramula District of Kenya. Nancy is pleased to report that a basketball program for both boys and girls has developed at this school as well as at the high school up the hill. The timing has been perfect as Nancy has learned that the government of Kenya has recently reformed the curriculum with an increased emphasis on Physical Education. Physical education training provides not only health benefits but also the advantages of learning team sports (cooperation, strategy, teamwork, dealing with both winning and losing). Most students at St. Catherine School are eager to play and practices are watched by younger students waiting for their opportunity. The photo below highlights the historic community basketball tournament that was held at the school on the last weekend of Nancy's trip. Three local teams competed and good fun was had by all. We are currently collecting donations for the construction of a paved court at Ramula Secondary School.
"Dr. Mary Drinkwater is working with a group of Maasai women in the rural Rift Valley of Kenya to start a Maasai Girls Vocational and Leadership Training Centre near Magadi, Kenya. In July, 2017, the title and focus of the project has been expanded to include youth and the broader community development. The new title in the 'How to Donate' section is: Namayianha: Maasai Youth & Community Empowerment Centre - Kenya"
CanAssist installed a second rainwater collection tank at a rural Kenyan School - Ojawa School in Siaya District. We provided one rainwater tank for this school a couple of years ago but it was entirely inadequate for the 700 kids that go to that school. We hope this will improve availability of clean water for the school.
We recently completed the Administrative building, office and library at the SP Geddes School in Osiri Village, Kenya. A visit to this school in May, 2018 revealed that teachers appreciate having this new space and they report that it is helpful for planning lessons and marking. We have also delivered much needed textbooks to this busy school. The government has just reformed the Kenyan curriculum but schools like S.P. Geddes get no funds to buy new resources. That is where we CanAssist. We are also in the process of facilitating the construction of a new latrine at this school, thanks to the generosity of our donors in the July Campaign.
CanAssist also plans to install a boys toilet at the Nyalunya School in Siaya District, Kenya, build an additional classrooms at St. Catherine School in Kenya, fund the purchase of a water tank for the Kanyala Little Stars garden project on Rusinga Island and eventually provide a sports pad and latrine for the students at Ramula Secondary School. We continue to buy books, furnishings and supplies for several schools throughout the district. All of these projects need your support.
