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At about this time last year, I wrote to you
about the request that I had received from members of the
Got Matar Community Development Group in western Kenya to
help them raise €300,000 (about £200,000 or US$400,000) to
build a secondary school. During this year great progress
has been made, and the school is already up and running.
My purpose in writing now is to thank all who
have generously made donations or pledges, or shown
interest, and to tell you what the community has achieved,
using your contributions as well as funds raised locally. I
will also outline their plans for the future and appeal
again for your help...
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It would be really great if we could raise
an additional €100,000 (£67,000, US$125,000) between now
and next September. This would be enough to finance the next
general purpose classroom block (€30,000), one of the
specialised training facilities (€30,000) and bursaries for
100 orphans for four years (€40,000).
Should you feel able to contribute towards
this goal and if you have not already completed a banker’s
order, you may wish to use one of the donation forms and
submit it to PEAS (in UK) or SONIA (in EURO zone) with a
cheque or instructions to your bank. If you want to sponsor
bursaries, please make sure you tick the appropriate boxes
on the form.
The cost of a bursary for one pupil is £67
per year, or about £270 for the full, 4-year course at
secondary school. This seems a small price to pay in
relation to the huge growth in livelihood opportunities that
it opens up for children who would otherwise stop school
when only 12 years old.
The school has issued an open
invitation to donors, so that you can see for yourselves
how your donations have been used and meet children
benefiting from sponsored bursaries. The school will also
arrange for sponsors to correspond with bursary awardees and
to receive their end-of term reports.
I believe that the record of achievement
over the past year suggests that any further contributions
that you are able to make will be well invested and will
really make a huge difference to the lives of large numbers
of children.
Andrew MacMillan
September 2007
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