Application

Finally completed the application! We decided to seek funds for buying new rooms and to fix them up. Concrete floors are especially needed. The school is built on the river bank to the Mathare river and the slopes are not som efficient to build on, it is hard to put desks and chairs on the ground and imagine the mess when it is raining! A few months ago, the department of education threatened to close the school if they didn't fix the floors but fortunately we raised some money and was able to fix the worst parts. However, new rooms are needed so each class can have their own! Another problem is that the school is located in the middle of the resident area. The result of this is that there are people, laundry, crying babies everywhere on the school grounds and not very safe for the students. They really need to have all their rooms within a fenced in area to get some peace and quiet to study. This is why we're applying for funds to fence in the school from the Swedish society in April of next year. It is hard to compare Excellent school with the International School of Kenya, where only authorized persons, students and parents are allowed in. We have a beautiful campus, with walls around and guards at the gate. We have nice classrooms and are rarely disturbed when we have classes. The difference is monumental! I hope DSA and the Swedish society will accept our application because the kids in Excellent deserves a reasonable safe, calm and clean school with proper floors!

George emailed me the budget, so I managed to get it in!