Seffo Maialekti Grade 1-4 Primary School
A Story from Seffo Maialekti
Aster, a mother of two, desperately wanted her daughters to continue their education. But in Seffo Maialekti, receiving an education past the second grade meant walking to a school two hours away. Like the other parents, she worried for her children’s health and safety on the long journey. The conditions left them susceptible to sun stroke, fatigue or injury, had they slipped at the river's crossing. To ease her fears, she walked an hour with them, each way, herself.
With a grade 1-4 school now complete and situated in the heart of Seffo Maialekti, children have safe access to education and a better future. That’s why the entire community worked together to support school construction. When the school opened in 2008, Seffo’s Maialekti’s sons and daughters were in attendance; many for the first time.
Goals
- Build a Grade 1-4, four classroom structure that 400 students can attend, right in Seffo Maialekti.
- Furnish it with desks, chairs, chalkboards, learning materials.
- Train teachers to actively engage their students.
- Build a latrine and extend a water spring.
- Mobilize and train the PTA to manage the school’s enrolment and income generation activities.
- Plant trees and provide environmental and water management training programs to support the school and community’s future.