Ribbon Cutting at Vifanjoni
Here are a few photos from the ribbon cutting at Vifanjoni. We all got adopted into the village and got our African names. Larry – Ngome Nancy – Mjeni…
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Follow the AM Kares school from groundbreaking to ribbon cutting.
School is Done!
The school is done! The sweet gentle people and children of Lutsanga are using it and loving it! It’s so exciting to see these smiling faces! How can …
Almost Complete!
I am SO EXCITED! They think they will be ready for the kids to start using the school next week! They still need to paint the logo, the school’s name …
School Update: February 18
Here are the latest construction photos. The team having worked continuously for 12 days, has made excellent progress. We will soon be ready for paint…
School Update: February 9
Update from Leah Njoroge, executive director of Koins for Kenya: Dear Jason, I hope that all is well with you, your family and work. Please see the la…
School Update: February 2
They are making excellent progress on the school. The photos below show the walls going up on the school, as well as the construction of the four stal…
School Update: January 29
The school will Now have four classrooms. The three original class rooms, from the Sucher Family / AMKares donations and a 4th classroom due to a very…
Starting the School
The construction for the new school in Lutsanga has begun. The blocks are all hand made on site with a machine that Koins for Kenya owns and brings to…
Water in Lutsanga
Water came to the work sight in many forms. Women carrying it on their heads from a pond, to containers on motorcycles. There is no water in Lutsanga.…
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Thank you ALL for the incredible generous donations that is making this school possible! This is desperately needed. The homes are made of sticks that…
Reaching our Destination
It took us about 30 hours of travel to get here. We left the home at 9:00 am on January 5, 2021. We arrived at our hotel in Nairobi about midnight on …
Arriving at the Village for the Ground Breaking
Lutsanga is 26.3 km from the closest “town” called Mazeras. To reach Lutsanga we traveled over 14km of rutted dirt road off the nearest asphalt. When …
AM Kares School in the Village of Lutsanga
This is where AM Kares will be building the school. It is the village of Lutsanga (loot-song-gah). Leah (the Kenya manager for Koins for Kenya) says t…