The Charbonneau Villager Newspaper 2019 Mar issue Villager newspaper | Page 22

22 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
March 2019
Rotary Club of
Wilsonville
Rotary donation
provides
resources for
students in Kenya
The Rotary Club of Wilsonville is
reaching out globally to help 600
students in the Kakamega area of
Kenya, Africa, get their first school
desks and improve the quality of their
K-12 education. Called the "Inzeku
Children's (Desk) Project", it is a
subset of a larger project in Kenya to
upgrade the infrastructure in six
schools in this region of East Africa.
Working with the KOTA
Foundation and the Rotary Club of
Kakamega, the Wilsonville Rotary is
providing a total of $4,800 to support
the construction of 300 desks for
students (two students per desk), who
range in age from 5-16 years old. The
Kakamega students are missing some
of the most basic necessities in their
classrooms, including desks, books,
uniforms, school supplies and
building infrastructure. The
Kakamega Rotary is providing
project oversight on the ground, and
will be there as well to celebrate final
delivery and project completion,
scheduled for March 30, 2019.
Wilsonville resident and long-time
Rotarian, Jake McMichael, is
spearheading the project for the
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Students at Mutaho Primary School in Kenya will be getting new desks for their school, thanks to Rotary Club of Wilsonville.
Wilsonville Rotary, handling all of the
logistics and coordinating with the
KOTA Foundation and the Kakamega
Rotary.
Jake said, "We're proud to be able
to support this important project,
which helps with these students'
basic education and literacy. Imagine
trying to learn in a classroom in
which you have to stand all day while
trying to pay attention, write, do
mathematics and engage in all of the
other subject areas. From everything
we've seen through photos and
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