Here's a little update of what's going on at Ngumo Primary School on the current MAD Teaching & Building Project……

A group of MAD volunteers all headed out to the Rift Valley in Kenya at the beginning of March on a mission to Make A Difference…this would mean building a block of toilets for the boys at Ngumo Primary where currently there are no sanitation facilities. This is something that is sustainable and invaluable.

The first job was to dig a 20 foot pit for the toilet cubicles.This was extremely hard work and took a number of workers to complete the job.As the weeks have gone past the volunteers have been constructing walls, plastering one cubicle at a time, putting the roofing on, making the door frames and by the end of the project should have it all nicely painted with a Madventurer Mural!

The volunteers have also been enjoying teaching the kids in the schools! The school holidays started not too long ago so all the volunteers enjoyed a celebratory meal with the teachers and local workmen.School holidays means kids everywhere wanting to play! Free time has been enjoyed at Lake Naivasha where volunteers can spend the night on the shores of the lake in lively backpackers under leafy trees in beautiful grounds. Falling asleep to the sound of hippos on the banks is not uncommon! They've also been heading to the town of Nakuru and also venturing on safaris in the nearby Game Park!

One of our volunteers, Leon Rodway, has been very busy and having a fantastic time. When he's not busy cementing and plastering he has been teaching classes of up to 65 kids! A teacher back in the UK, I'm sure he feels in his element. Leon has really gone to town with fundraising for Ngumo Primary he is trying to reach a target in order to get a new teacher from Nairobi hired for 3 years. With classes of such big numbers a new teacher would really be a huge help. His aim is to also donate funds for building a kitchen at the school where often kids arrive at 7.30am in the morning, leave at 4pm having eaten nothing all day. The whole group of volunteers has really been making an impact on the school, getting to know all the kids and helping out the teachers. As well as this; Constructing something such as a toilet block is a necessity and should be a long-lasting example of how Madventurer projects really do make a difference to people's lives.

If anyone is interested in fundraising for any MAD project going on please have a look at http://www.madventurer.com/making-a-difference/the-mad-foundation.html , there are many ways anyone can get involved and the more funds raised for these worthy projects the more schools such as Ngumo can be improved.