Makumbaya
Makumbaya Lower Basic School Library
The Makumbaya Project came about as the result of a group of individuals targeting a school which, because of its geographical location, had found it difficult to develop sustainable links with partners in the United Kingdom.
Walking To School
Makumbaya School currently has 638 pupils aged 7-14 years old. There are eight teachers. Each class has between 45-60 children. There is no electricity. There is one water pump and one tap for the entire school.
Makumbaya Village is out in the African countryside and is exactly as you’d imagine an African village would look. Many of the families in the village can afford to send their children to school. Many cannot. Six local villages feed into the school. Some of the children have to walk up to 5km to get to school each day. Regardless of the difficulties and hardships that they have to face, the children DO want to attend school because they understand the importance of getting a good education.
