KEN/06/054 - Construction of a School Library

Country Kenya
Total project budget ($USD) $10,985
Requested funding ($USD) $8,000
23/10/2006
Project development type Improve Physical Environment
Name of Requesting Association Got Matar Community Development Group - Got Matar Secondary School Administration
Objective: To provide the students of the Got Matar Secondary School with a permanent school library. Direct beneficiaries: 600 students of Got Matar Secondary school and the school’s staff.
Background: Got Matar is situated in East Bondo District, Nayanza Province in Western Kenya on the shores of Lake Victoria, the source of the River Nile. Bondo is ranked amongst the poorest districts in Kenya and suffers from the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS in the
Use of Funds: • Purchase of material for the construction of the library (iron sheets/nails/timber/cement/bricks/sand/stone/metal rods); Labour costs – (15% of building materials cost); Furnishings and fittings: bookshelves, tables and chairs.
Beneficiaries: 600