Finish the New Girls' Bathroom at Ibungilo School!

Overview

Schools throughout the world struggle to give students the infrastructure necessary for effective learning.

At Ibungilo Secondary School, in Mwanza, Tanzania, The Kesho Fund is working hard to finish a new girls' bathroom building that will help us make sure the girls are safe, and sanitary, and able to focus on their studies when they return after break in January.

Help this worthwhile project reach the finish line by the end of the year!

Visit KeshoFund.org/bathrooms  for complete project information.


More Details

This project is dedicated to building new bathrooms at Ibungilo Secondary School. Due to the young age of Tanzania's population, enrollment at schools is rising rapidly each year. This leads to facilities intended for a small number of students being used by an unsafe and unsustainable number of students. At Ibungilo, there are currently 3 toilets for 573 female students, 3 toilets for 513 male students, and 2 toilets for 45 teachers.

This issue leads to:
- Significantly overburdened facilities, which increase the rates of UTI, typhoid and other infections and health issues among students;
-Unhealthy wait times for students, who may not be able to use the bathrooms during short class breaks and then have to wait until later, which can cause several intestinal and urinary health issues;
-Students leaving school campus during the day to find bathrooms in the neighborhood to borrow, which increases rates of truancy, absenteeism, and sexual abuse of students.

The Kesho Fund has been constructing a new Girls' Bathroom building at Ibungilo Secondary School for the past several months and have completed the foundation, walls, roof, and floor of the building. This fundraiser will help us to install the plumbing (including toilets and sinks), doors, latches, paint, and other finishing touches. Your help can have this building ready before the next school term in January!

Visit KeshoFund.org/bathrooms   for complete project information.