The fundraising recently launched for the purpose of fixing toilets for the kids and the staff in the school has successfully come to an end, with the total of USD686 raised for the project.
The current toilet used by both students and teachers
The total estimated cost of the project was USD683, but we were able to raise USD686, which is USD3 more than the estimate. This is a significant achievement for all – the donors, the school, the kids, the staff, the parents, the Board, etc.
The total amount raised from fundraising came from six individuals and one institution, named, respectively, as follows: Mary Smith, Isabelle Eriksson Mozo, Anna Dobrowolska, Catherine Walker, Catherine Jamieson, Lena Thorne Marner, and Pepperadventure.
Pepperadventure is a Swedish-based tourist and expedition organization that organizes periodic tourist-related trips and travels for people in Europe, who want to visit Liberia.
Pepperadventure is the leading organization in Europe for special tourist-related trips to Liberia, and the cost is reasonable. It has been in existence for more than ten years. It is owned and operated by Lena and her husband (Anders).
On behalf of the Board, the kids, the staff, and the parents, we would like to extend special thanks and appreciation to the six individuals, as well as Pepperadventure, for willingly and selflessly donating to the toilet project! We remain profoundly grateful!
The construction work will begin, and we will update you all on the progress made at specific points.
Once again, a very big THANK YOU to all of you for your kindness! Thanks a lot for remembering the kids in Liberia, especially in Buchanan! We did it together!
We wish to inform everyone that we have been able to raise $213 of the total of $683 thus far, making the balance to be raised $470.
The current toilet used by both students and teachers
The $213 raised so far was donated by four people, namely: Isabelle Eriksson Mozo in Sweden, Catharine Walker in the UK, Mary Smith in the UK, and Anna Dobrowolska in Poland.
Our heart-felt thanks to Isabelle, Catharine, Mary, and Anna for their generous donations for the cause of the kids! We remain grateful!
We are appealing to other individuals and institutions of good will to kindly help us raise the balance $470, as fixing the toilet for the kids is a demand the Authorities at the Education Ministry are making. They are saying our school will not be allowed to re-open or operate next month, if the toilet is not fixed.
Please help us raise the balance $470 so that we can be able to fix the toilet and re-open our school to give the kids the opportunities to learn.
Thanks in advance for your willingness and readiness to help us raise the needed amount! Any and every amount will be appreciated! We need your help!
You may send your contribution directly to Paul Yeenie Harry in Liberia via MTN Lone Star Mobile Money transfer, using +231881895978, or to Lena and Anders Marner in Sweden, through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=95NTAM63YT8WE&ssrt=1755504153914. If you are in contact with Lena Marner in Sweden or Sissel Lavoll Martinsen in Norway, you can also send donations to them.
As we all anticipate the re-opening of schools in Liberia and the return of the kids that attend our school, the Board of Directors of the school is launching an emergency fundraising for a toilet for the kids.
The current toilet being used by the kids is a dilapidated, unhygienic, and unsafe two-door makeshift structure that is yards away from the school building. It is a pit-latrine put up as a temporary structure more than ten years ago.
The current toilet used by both students and teachers
When it rains, the water level increases and water fills the pit, making it nearly impossible for the kids and the staff to use it. Besides, the kids have had to be extra careful over the years before they accidentally fall into the pit. Moreover, authorities of the government agency responsible for education has warned us not to allow the kids to use it because it is unhygienic and unsafe.
As a result of all this, the Board has decided to fix a toilet within the main school building. The space is already available, as it was constructed as a residential building.
The Board is planning to cut a partition creating two toilets inside the building for the installation of two commodes, one for the boys and the other for the girls. The toilet will use a bio-digester septic tank, which makes use of a quite small septic tank space constructed using some special chemicals that make it difficult for the septic tank to easily get full.
The total cost of the toilet is estimated to be US$683, broken down as follows:
Bio-digester==========================$400
Two pcs of commodes @$60=============$120
Two pcs of 4” pvc pipe @$12=============$24
Three pcs of 4” tee @$4=================$12
Two pcs of 4” pvc clean out=============$10
One pc of 2” pvc pipe @$10============$10
One m/s pvc glue @10================$10
Two pcs of 4” pvc elbow @$4===========$8
One bag of cement @$8===============$8
One pc of 4”×2” pvc reducer @$4===$4
One pc of 2” pvc elbow @2========$2
Workmanship==================$75
As indicated, the total estimate for the kids’ toilet is $683.
We members of the Board are appealing to all of you out there to kindly help us raise the funds needed to fix the toilet for the kids before the school can re-open. We will very highly appreciate any financial or material contributions you make towards this project, as we don’t want the kids to suffer again this year from the lack of a good toilet to use.
Please help us help the kids. Please help the kids to get somewhere better to use. Please help us raise the funds to fix the toilet. We urgently need your help. Any contributions you make for the sake of the kids will be very much appreciated.
If possible, we would like to raise the funds by August 20 to give us time to complete the work before the school reopens for the new school year.
You may send your contribution directly to Paul Yeenie Harry in Liberia via MTN Lone Star Mobile Money transfer, using +231881895978, or to Lena and Anders Marner in Sweden, through PayPal at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=95NTAM63YT8WE. If you are in contact with Lena Marner in Sweden or Sissel Lavoll Martinsen in Norway, you can also send donations to them.
Please help us! Even if it’s $10 you wish to contribute, we will highly appreciate it because it will help us to raise the $683.
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