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total amount of funds so far raised is equivalent to
approximately Euro 314,000. This has paid for the
cost of school buildings, furniture and equipment
(approximately Euro 250,000, or less than Euro 500 per each
of the school places created). It includes approximately
Euro 16,000, raised by George MacMillan’s 80th birthday
appeal, that has enabled the school to install 20 low-power
consuming computers and related equipment. It also includes
funding for construction of a Women’s Centre, provided by
the Chave Collison Trust, as well as the resources used to
purchase equipment for recently started skills training
programmes (clothing manufacture, wood-working, and
nutrition, food preparation and catering). Donor funds have
also met the costs of 173 bursaries that enable orphans and
children from very poor families to attend the secondary
school. All funds contributed by
donors are provided to the Community, as Andrew and Roberta
MacMillan meet all administrative and publicity costs from
their own resources.
Within Kenya, the Ministry of Education
continues to pay for senior teaching and administrative
staff, including the principal, and is responsible for
maintaining the facilities. Other elements of the operating
costs are met through fees paid by parents and, in the case
of bursary holders, by the Bursary Fund. In 2010, the
government-financed Constituency Development Fund paid for a
mains electricity connection for the school.
Given the excellent progress that has been made with the
funds already paid in, potential contributors can be
confident that their donations will be well invested, and
open up new opportunities in life for all the children who
will attend Got Matar Secondary School in the years to come.
Bursaries
Alternatively you may wish to contribute
to our Bursary Fund which supports orphans who are
unable to afford the school tuition fees. See
here for Bursary details.
Computers
There is also a separate Computer Fund
to help towards the purchase of computers with internet
access for the school. See here
for Computer fund information.
If you need any further information about Got
Matar please contact Andrew:
- Andrew MacMillan
CP 29
Scansano
58054
GR
ITALY
email:
info@gotmatar.org
- Associazionie SONIA
Via Vetulonia 38A
00183
Roma
Italia
email:
vandarella@gmail.com
info:
sonia...
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Donors have
2 options for making payments to the Got Matar
Community Development Group (GMCDG).
1. In the
UK, the charity “Promoting Equality in African Schools”
(PEAS), which is
building and managing low-fee secondary schools in Africa,
has kindly agreed to collect funds on behalf of donors and
forward them to GMCDG.
2. In
Italy, SONIA, an Association which is funding
small-scale projects in developing countries, mostly with an
educational component, has generously offered to help in
raising funds and in administering donations. See
here for more information on
SONIA.
Please print out and complete the
preferred donation form and return it with your cheque or
inter-bank transfer instructions to
the address provided.
It is suggested that payments be made in
£ sterling via PEAS, and in Euro via SONIA. Both
PEAS and SONIA can receive other currencies but will incur
exchange costs.
UK residents, please remember to fill in
the Gift Aid section at the bottom of the PEAS form. |
download
the PEAS donation form here
