Background
The NYAMUGA special school for physically and health-disabled pupils is a primary school with boarding facilities on the eastern side of Rusinga Island, about 2 kilometres from the town of Mbita. Rusinga Island is located in Lake Victoria in western Kenya.
The institution’s mission to create a conducive environment for pupils with special needs to have equal access to quality and relevant education in order to stand on their own two feet and fully integrate into the community cannot be fulfilled due to a lack of basic materials.
Poverty is often the cause of the lack of the above mentioned things in the centre. Most of the parents do not have reliable and sustainable sources of income as they are mainly fishermen and farmers. Overfishing of the lake has had a negative impact on people’s net income, which has resulted in most parents not being able to provide all the relevant learning materials to the students. School fees and government subsidies are not sufficient to fulfil all requirements.
How we help
Our association BaRuIs e.V. has already supported the school on several occasions. In addition to urgently needed mobility aids, bedding has been purchased for the boarders, and most recently school uniforms and sports equipment. The new kitchen building with dining hall will have a particular impact on improving the children’s living and learning conditions. Various pre-vocational courses are currently being set up, which will open up new opportunities for the school’s graduates.
Thanks to our donors, another important milestone was reached this year. A social worker is finally looking after the children and a physiotherapist can help and alleviate pain. Their funding is secured until the end of 2026.
Targets
- We are committed to ensuring that these physically and health disabled children have access to a conducive learning environment in order to acquire a quality and relevant education that enables them to be independent and fully integrated into the community, because disability is not an inability.
- We work to create a society where the vulnerable group of people are able to live a dignified life with equal and equitable access to a better future.
Requirements
With this donation we want to promote joint, extracurricular activities and give the children the following:
2 dartboards / 3 chess games / 4 scrabble / a table tennis table and 4 racing wheelchairs!
We also know that the children’s meals are very one-sided and lack variety. Unfortunately, we can’t change that. But once a real
Christmas dinner with chicken, fish, meat, rice, drinks and lots of fruit!
We would like to serve this to the 300 children and the selfless team. Also in the New Year after the Christmas holidays.
SUPPORT WELCOME
The children of NYAMUGA School need our support.
With a total of € 2,450 in funding, a lot can be achieved for many children.
Do you like this initiative and want to give the children of the NYAMUGA school on Rusinga a chance?
Donation account
Badilisha Rusinga Island e.V. (BaRuIs e.V.)
IBAN: DE42 4306 0967 1170 0387 00
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank Bochum eG
Reference: NYAMUGA. Donation receipts will of course be issued.
You are welcome to contact us: baruis.board@gmail.com.