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‘Green’ Education Center Overview & Photos


Jitegemee has outgrown our current facility, a rented house in Machakos, Kenya. We are raising $200,000 to build a new “green” education center using a $90,000 matching grant.

Overview
  • Three classrooms to be separated by removable walls, which can be taken out to create a large hall for big assemblies.
  • Solar shading and strategic building orientation (positioning the building to take advantage of the sun path) to keep our new facilities cool naturally.
  • A large garden, which could be used to grow produce for meals, families in need or sale in the marketplace.
  • A play area for our youths.
  • A library and computer room equipped with tables and chairs for studying and reading. Parents will be able to take classes and have access to the Internet in the library, and the local community will be invited on certain days of the week.
  • A well ventilated kitchen with a fuel-efficient stove, hot water, cool storage and enough food preparation space to prepare meals in an efficient way.
  • A solar hot water heater providing hot water for cooking, cleaning and other purposes.
  • Separate latrines for boys and girls. The latrines will be well ventilated and will compost waste into fertilizer for agricultural use.
  • Roofs designed to collect rain water and direct it into storage tanks for later use.
Photos

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Our Current Facilities
Our current building doesn't have a large enough outdoor gathering space to accommodate our growing student body.
Our current building doesn’t have a large enough outdoor gathering space to accommodate our growing student body.
Our current building doesn't have solar shading to keep the building cool naturally.
Our current building doesn’t have solar shading to keep the building cool naturally.
We currently only have one classroom. It isn't big enough to accommodate our entire student body.
We currently only have one classroom. It isn’t big enough to accommodate our entire student body.
Our small library has no room for tables or chairs for reading or studying.
Our small library has no room for tables or chairs for reading or studying.
The shed we use for a kitchen lacks the food preparation space necessary to prepare meals in an efficient way.
The shed we use for a kitchen lacks the food preparation space necessary to prepare meals in an efficient way.
Our current kitchen is very simple and doesn’t have a fuel-efficient stove, so it requires a lot of firewood.
Our current kitchen is very simple and doesn’t have a fuel-efficient stove, so it requires a lot of firewood.
Boys and girls share use of our single pit latrine, which isn't ventilated.
Boys and girls share use of our single pit latrine, which isn’t ventilated.

Our Future Facilities
Solar shading and building orientation (positioning the building to take advantage of the sun path) will keep our new facilities cool naturally.
Solar shading and building orientation (positioning the building to take advantage of the sun path) will keep our new facilities cool naturally.
Our new compound will have a large garden, which could be used to grow produce for meals, families in need or sale in the marketplace.
Our new compound will have a large garden, which could be used to grow produce for meals, families in need or sale in the marketplace.
Our new compound will include play areas for our youth.
Our new compound will include play areas for our youth.
We will have not one but three classrooms. They will be separated by removable walls, which can be taken out to create a large hall for big assemblies.
We will have not one but three classrooms. They will be separated by removable walls, which can be taken out to create a large hall for big assemblies.
Our new classrooms will have lots of storage space.
Our new classrooms will have lots of storage space.
Our new library will have tables and chairs for studying and reading.
Our new library will have tables and chairs for studying and reading.
Our new kitchen will be ventilated and have hot water, cool storage and enough food preparation space to prepare meals in an efficient way.
Our new kitchen will be ventilated and have hot water, cool storage and enough food preparation space to prepare meals in an efficient way.
A solar hot water heater will provide hot water for cooking, cleaning and other purposes.
A solar hot water heater will provide hot water for cooking, cleaning and other purposes.
We will have separate sanitary facilities for boys and girls.
We will have separate sanitary facilities for boys and girls.
Our new latrines will be ventilated, reducing flies and smells and improving sanitation.
Our new latrines will be ventilated, reducing flies and smells and improving sanitation.
Our new latrines will compost waste into fertilizer for agricultural use.
Our new latrines will compost waste into fertilizer for agricultural use.
Separating solid and liquid waste will allow the solid to be mixed with ash and become fertilizer.
Separating solid and liquid waste will allow the solid to be mixed with ash and become fertilizer.
The roofs of our new facilities will be designed to collect rain water and direct it into storage tanks for later use.
The roofs of our new facilities will be designed to collect rain water and direct it into storage tanks for later use.
Water collection and storage will ensure we always have enough water for cleaning, crop irrigation and grey water.
Water collection and storage will ensure we always have enough water for cleaning, crop irrigation and grey water.

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