Langalanga Primary School
Date started: March 2005
Date completed: September 2006
Cost of project: £85,000
Size of school: Double stream school built for 880 pupils
One liner: This is the 'mother' school for some of the children of the shanty town of the same name. In the last 20 years other schools have grown up within 3-4km to cope with the population explosion.
Pictures:
Langalanga schoolchildren hardworking and happy in their new school as the standard of their education rises.
The marble plaque unveiled in September 2006. The format and Biblical inscription is the same in all the schools we hand over to the local community.
Handover ceremony in progress. Photo also shows part of this very big and imposing campus. All rooms have chased electric cable ducts in the hope that one day electricity will be available. When that happens we hope adult education will follow after dark.
Current Status: Currently (Oct 08) 653 children are taught here. All 16 classrooms are in use and there are clear indications that the effects of the Langalanga Scholarship Fund (our sister charity) and KST are improving the standard of education.
More info: The Handover Ceremony was held in September 2006. A Government minister and about 3000 people were present. Entertainment by the children and those from surrounding schools and speeches lasted over 5 hours!
The school has a magnificent library with thousands of children's reading books brought from England and some bought in Kenya. The staffroom is extensive and each member of staff has their own work space and lockable cupboard.
It is encouraging to note that one teacher we recruited in January 2007 (and paid for equally by KST and the parents) had done so well that her class was listed 2ndout of 158 schools in Nakuru District. She was given a pay rise! She has moved to the next class with those same pupils. Lucky pupils!