Hand in Hand has supported Grace Foundation International's project to re-establish Mogonjet School, a community driven educational establishment for 319 children in rural western Kenya, since 2004. Mogonjet is around 40km due south of Kericho.
| Location | Mogonjet, Kenya (250 miles north west of Nairobi) |
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| Project Theme | Child Welfare and Education |
| Chairman | Rev Jospeh Ronoh |
| Number of Pre-Primary Staff | 4 |
| Number of Primary Staff | 12 |
| Number of Secondary Staff | 10 |
| Number of Pre-Primary Children | 80 |
| Number of Primary Children | 500 |
| Number of Secondary Children | 80 |
| Number of Girls | 50% |
| Number of Boys | 50% |
| Age Range | 3 to 18 |
| Facilities | Pre-primary, primary and secondary classrooms, science laboratory, staffrooms, staff houses, clinic, mains water, mains electricity, very rural setting. |
| Project Website | www.gfiaid.net |
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The school was originally built around 1960 when it was just mud buildings and iron sheets. Hand in hand has assisted in the construction of 5 secondary school classrooms, 2 pre-primary school classrooms and a community clinic, we have also funded the refurbishment of 10 primary school classrooms. During this time the local community have built teachers houses a toilet bock and had electricity connected and have provided most of the labour for construction projects. All this has resulted in the schools ability to cater for over 500 children from the local area.
Hand in Hand has linked a Chelmsford secondary school with Mogonjet facilitated the communication between them. Mogonjet have future plans to add another science laboratory and a computer classroom to the secondary school facilities.