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Help student architects build a new nursery in Africa
University of Nottingham architecture students are asking for crowd-funding support to help them build a nursery in a South African village , ensuring access to vital pre-school education . Some 39 second-year undergraduate architecture students will head out to construct the new facility at the Rethuseng Créche in Lephepane Village , Limpopo , in just four weeks over Easter 2017 . Current facilities at the nursery drastically need improving to get young children school-ready , as they comprise just a single room , with no water supply and very basic toilets .
Project Myemyela ( which means ‘ smile ’ in Sotho ) will provide over 80m 2 of new accommodation , new toilets and cooking facilities , and a reliable water supply that it is hoped will be shared with the village .
Gregg Cocking
For several months , participating students have competed in teams to develop innovative architectural designs for the new nursery . The winning concept , which will be built on site , is a “ deceptively simple solution to providing practical enclosed classrooms and external , shaded space for the teaching of pre-school children that will create a fun , landmark building for the community ,” explained John Ramsay , Live Build project lead at the University .
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