Got Matar Community Development Group

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By Andrew MacMillan On November 19, 2008 · Add Comment

3rd Block Begins Construction

Much has been done by the Community since the last report early in October. The contract was signed with the builders for the construction of the 3rd block of classrooms, and building started right away. The block is to consist of 3 general purpose classrooms for the 3 streams of Form 3 and a science laboratory for use by the whole school. The design is similar to that used for the first two blocks.

By the end of the school term on 21st November, the foundations had been laid and walls were already half built. Much of the material used for the foundations consisted of stone excavated on site when the underground water tank was constructed – thus helping to keep building costs down.

The new construction in progress.

Form 2 East with their English teacher.

Visit by Professor Karega Mutahi

On 19th November, the school had the honour of hosting a visit by Professor Karega Mutahi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education. Prof. Mutahi, whom I have known since 1995, was brought up in a poor [...]

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Two Years On

By Andrew MacMillan On October 19, 2008 · Add Comment

Exactly two years ago today, I and the Got Matar Community Development Group agreed to go ahead simultaneously with construction, enrolment and fund-raising for their new secondary school. Thanks to the commitment of the Group and the generosity of donors, over 300 children are already enjoying an education that they could not even have dreamt would be possible.
Two schools support Got Matar

Pupils, aged between 15 and 16, in class 10B at Bjoernsletta School in Oslo have donated a whopping Euro 3,950 to Got Matar – savings from a study tour to Poland and Germany to learn about the second world war.

In England, senior prefects at Queen Margaret’s School near York have selected Got Matar as their charity of the year, and have already collected £100 in their first event! Pupils and staff have set up a Got Matar Committee to examine the possible development of an institutional link between the two schools.

2008 building programme to begin

Following the creation of the Board of Governors this year, the issue arose as to whether it or the Got Matar Community Development Group [...]

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