Jambo!Hello!

Build Africa helps children in rural parts of Kenya and Uganda go to school

Kenya Uganda

Why do they need help?

Today we are going to learn a little bit about what life is like for children in Kenya and Uganda who want to go to school.

What does your home look like?

Typical homes in Kenya

What does your kitchen look like?

A typical kitchen in Kenya

After breakfast how to you get to school? By car or bus? Do you walk to school?

Some of you walk How long does it take to walk to school?

In Africa almost all children have to walk to school It can take them over an hour to walk to school

It is a long way and it’s hot too

And when they get to school the classrooms are falling apart

And there are not enough desks so children have to sit on the floor

Sometimes there are no classrooms so they have lessons under a tree

And if they do not have enough books they have to share or go without

Think about your school and your classroom and your desks

Are they very different to a school in Africa?

Children in Africa are desperate to go to school and learn

Irine wants to be a nurse when she grows up

Why would it be hard for Irine to learn at school?

Hard to hear if it is windy or raining

Lessons are cancelled and students sent home when it rains

Hard to concentrate if you don’t have a desk and a chair to sit on

Cannot practice writing when you do not have any books

Would you want to go to school if it looked like this?

That’s why Build Africa needs your help

Build Africa wants to build safe classrooms

So that children can learn properly

Sitting at their own desks

And with enough textbooks so that they do not have to share

And you can help Build Africa! Your school can raise money to …

… build classrooms …

… buy desks …

… and books …

So that all the children in Kenya and Uganda can go to school and learn

Thank you for helping Build Africa and the children of Kenya and Uganda

Asante! Thank You!