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Which schools is FUSP supporting (date: April 2007). Here is the list of schools::
1. Magale Primary school
3. Mwangea Primary school
4. Magutu Primary school
5. Mwabungo Primary school

FUSP also supported the Mwamanga, Mvindeni and the Bongwe primary schools.

The schools need support in different ways: repairing the roofs, renovation of classrooms, new classrooms, desks, text books, school stationeries and much more.

Some schools do not have concrete floors. During Friday afternoons, just before students go home for the weekend, the girls smear cow dunk on the sandy floors. That way the floors will be better and it keeps the little ants away. When the students come back on Monday, the smell of the cow dunk is away and they can use the class rooms as usual. Mostly the students have to sit on the floor, since there are not enough desks.

Besides renovation and new classrooms, FUSP is also trying to provide the schools with enough school materials like text books and notepads. However, it all costs money, so we all must try to raise money for the Foundation.
 

dansgroep magale
 
Number 1 is Magale primary school
The students dance for special guests. It is an honor to receive foreigners. Only the upper classes have school desks; the younger students have to sit on stones or on the floor. The school has a shortage of classrooms, leaking roofs and there is no protection against cold winds and rain coming through the windows and doors. The school is situated high in the hills of Kambiri (Western Kenya).
 

leerlingen mwangea Number 2 is Mwangea primary school.
This school has a huge black water ton. The water becomes very hot inside that tank. Of course it is smart to have a tank near the school, but after some weeks, the water is not fresh anymore.
The school has only 3 good classrooms, 3 bad classrooms and all the other classes are situated under trees: 400 students sitting under the hot sun.
The school is situated in the village Kambiri in a very poor area. The school gets food from US Food, otherwise the children have almost nothing to eat. It is a very dry area, there is no water source, so the students have to walk at least 4 km up and 4 km down to take their own water with them to school. FUSP is providing the school now with a water pipe line.
 

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Number 3 is the Magutu primary school in Ukunda
This school has 3 good classrooms, several in bad shape classrooms and some classes follow lessons under the trees. The school results are above Kenyan average, which is very good. However, most girls cannot continue on secondary schools: they have to help in house hold, or in the gardens / factories.
Our school is setting up a communication project with this school, with some sponsorship of Novib.
 

muren mwabungo Number 4 is Mwabungo primary school
This is the poorest school on the list: they have nothing. There are 2 "classrooms" with bad walls, leaking grass roofs, sandy floors, no desks, no text books, nothing.

FUSP and another Dutch Foundation will try to do something about this situation. We first want to build at least 2 good classrooms. The parents started this school themselves in the small village Mwabungo. So, yes, this school too needs our support badly!

More information about these and other schools is available on the official website of Foundation Ukunda Schools Project.