Build a school in a village
By Missions
Published on 12 January 2005 in Charitable Good Works

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A full spectrum program is implemented i.e. we don't just build a building and leave them to furnish and staff it without any money to do so. A school without financial support for books, desks, or paid teachers will not succeed, yet this is often the expectation by donors.

The structures are simple pole buildings with tin sheet roofs and concrete floors with homemade walls. We spend less on the building so that money can be used to make the school a success.

We pay someone to supervise the job instead of expecting a volunteer pastor to somehow manage the construction. This is a common point of failure too.

Donor funds are wired to their bank. Two signatories withdraw the money. A budget is created and followed. A known supervisor manages construction with the village elder, pastor, or teacher.

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