Project Overview

The centerpiece of Friends of Guirgho’s vision is a computer center that will incorporate space for computer assisted instruction for teachers and students. During non-school hours, adult members of the village may also use the facility to advance their education. Our objective is to help enhance the existing curriculum and see where we can be of support to the teachers and students.

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All of Friends of Guirgho’s efforts will result in a template that can be scaled, replicated, and implemented throughout the country and beyond.  In addition to the computer center, the plan includes:

• Construction of a workshop, with tools and training, to enable students to learn how to repair desks and develop trade skills that can be used for other school and/or village-related projects with, perhaps, income potential; 

• A school garden to help feed the students and grow additional produce that could bring in supplemental income for the school;

• Cotton spinning, which is a traditional but dying craft in the village. Friends of Guirgho can support its revival, thereby generating and stimulating a market for weaving;

• Establishing a preschool to provide young children with essential pre-literacy experiences.

During this early phase we:

  • Repainted the classrooms

  • Re-surfaced the floors

  • Restored the desks

  • Installed solar-powered ceiling fans in the classrooms

  • Constructed new sanitary latrines

  • Created a workshop

  • Fabricated picnic tables and blackboards for outdoor learning spaces

Now that the Purple Phase is complete, we will:​

  • Renovate Teachers’ Quarters

  • Install a solar-powered well and filtration system

  • Plant School Garden

  • Create a solar microgrid to bring electricity to school property 

Our last phase of the project will include:

  • Construction of a solar microgrid to provide power to the computer center 

  • Building and equipping a computer center

  • Establishing a pre-school which will include early French language instruction

  • Fostering artisanal initiatives and community use of the computer center for adult learning

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