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Dear friends, as was promised a few days ago, we are pleased to provide you with the second update on progress made on the annex fundraising.

Female teacher Philemina teaching in class

You will recall that, as per the first update, a total of $800.00 was raised between July 28 and August 11. Well, additional donations were made between August 12 and 21. During the period under review, a total of $575 was raised, but $20.15 was deducted as service fees.

In summary, between July 28 and August 21, a total of $1,375 was raised from eight persons: Pepperadventure AB, Anders Marner, Fredrik Hulten, Mary Smith, Lena Marner, Tauno Silander, Maria Nilsson, and Elisabeth Thorne. From this amount, a total of $50.75 was deducted as service fees.

This means the total on hand and kept by our Swedish friends (Lena and Anders) is $1,324.25.

The total we wish to raise is about $1,500.

We extend our profound thanks to Pepperadventure AB, Anders Marner, Fredrik Hulten, Mary Smith, Lena Marner, Tauno Silander, Maria Nilsson, and Elisabeth Thorne for making us reach near the target.

The exercise continues.

As you may already be aware, the school, having operated at the kindergarten and primary levels since its establishment in 2005, has decided to start junior high (middle school) classes this year. In other words, it will add Grade Seven – the first class of the junior high division – this September.

Children and staff outside the school

However, to do this, the school needs to build a one-classroom annex to accommodate the newly created grade level. This annex has to be built before September 1, but the school does not have the money to do this. The total cost of the annex project is around US$ 1,500.

We are therefore sending out this S-O-S appeal to all of our friends, sponsors and partners out there to please help us raise this amount. The amount, when raised, will go towards the following:

Item                                                              Amount (in US$)

15 bags of cement @ $10.00   ——————————-   150
1 small load of sand @ $75   ———————————–   75
3 bundles of zinc @ $135   ———————————–   405
20 round poles @ $1.10   ————————————–   22
20 pieces of 2-by-4-by-14 planks @ $3.25   ———–   65
15 pieces of 1-by-3-by-14 planks @ $3   —————-   45
15 pieces of 2-by-2-by-14 planks @ $1.65   ———–   25
25 packs of wire nails @ $0.50   ————————–   12.5
3 packs of zinc nails@ $13   ———————————   39
30 pieces of mats @ $3   ————————————–   90
15 chairs @ $15   ————————————————   225
Transportation   ————————————————–   50
Workmanship   ————————————————-   250

TOTAL REQUIRED   ——————————-   1453.50

Please help us raise this amount before the 10^th of August, as we wish to start and complete the construction before classes can begin on September 1.

You may send your donation using the school’s PayPal account that is controlled by Lena and Anders in Sweden.