Tsabat Grade 5-8 Primary School

A mother should not have to choose between her daughter’s safety and her right to go to school. With a new Grade 5-8 school located in the heart of Tsabat, young girls will be treated as equals to their brothers with a right to continue their education beyond Grade 4.
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A Story from Tsabat

On our first visit to Tsabat, when the community came together to present their proposal to enter into a partnership with imagine1day, we met a mother of three.  Her youngest daughter was entering the third grade, her middle son was happily attending Grade 5, and her eldest daughter was repeating Grade 4 for the third time.  When we asked this mother why her eldest daughter hadn’t progressed to the fifth grade, she explained that she feared for her daughter’s safety during the required 10km walk to reach the nearest Grade 5-8 school.  She felt her son could protect himself, but her daughters could be at risk of rape or injury.  Through our dialogue we learned of this mother’s deep commitment to her children’s education, which she was proving by allowing her eldest daughter to repeat the fourth grade rather than keeping her at home or forcing her into early childhood marriage.  With a new Grade 5-8 school in the heart of Tsabat, this mother is celebrating the possibility of all of her children, including her daughters, progressing to the fifth grade and eventually graduating from primary school, high school and higher levels of education.

imagine1day is proud to partner with Club Penguin to construct a new Grade 5-8 primary school for the community of Tsabat

Goals

  • Mobilize and train a local Parent Teacher Association (PTA) that will lead the school now and into the future.
  • Train the school Principal in leadership and delivery of quality education.
  • Construct a fully furnished four classroom school to serve Tsabat’s Grade 5-8 students.
  • Build a library and staff room to support the teachers and students.
  • Construct a water point to serve children’s consumption needs and micro-irrigation for income generation activities.
  • Plant 2,000 fruit and shade trees.
  • Support the PTA in achieving 100% enrolment of Grade 5-8 students.
  • Increase the school’s income potential to sustain the Grade 5-8 program activities.
  • Build an eight-stall latrine with private facilities for boys and girls.
  • Equip classes with furniture, textbooks, sports materials and science teaching aids.