Following his Coast-to-Coast Fundraising Walk 3 months ago for the Lukkomano Academy, Mazabuka, Gavin reflects on the walk and the building of the new school building.
The walls have been plastered and painted! This was the latest WhatsApp just received from our local Project Director, Hammes Kannodo. His daily update was accompanied by a flood of pictures of classrooms almost ready for use.
Back in February 2019, I was involved in a school build in Burkina Faso. Along with a small team of friends, my small contribution was to dig the foundations.
The actual construction of the school buildings took many months from that point. I returned to see the finished structure in October that year. The sound of nearly 1,000 children singing and worshipping God in that space was deafening.
In May this year, as I finished the Coast-to-Coast walk in Robin Hoods Bay, Gwyn was breaking ground for the new classrooms in Mazabuka.
As I write this the building is structurally complete, it has electricity, the walls have been rendered with plaster, and school furniture is being constructed. Compared to Burkina Faso, the project’s progress has been nothing short of spectacular. But the impact will be no less extraordinary.
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Looking back at pictures sent from Mazabuka before the build started, I was struck by one of children being educated at desks outside in the hot sun. Could you imagine our children being educated like that in the UK?
Your generosity has made this happen – this is a project which will not only influence the life chances of the children at the Lukkomano Academy today, but for many years to come.
£29,000 has got us a classroom built for 200 children but we still need to provide them with the equipment to ensure that these children become the world changers that Zambia so desperately needs.
– Gavin Kibble MBE
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