SCHOOL
The Big Build
| Date : | Sunday, 15th May 2011 |
| Venue : | Blackrock College |
| Location : | Blackrock |
The past students of Blackrock College together with current students and their parents have been asked by the Kenyan Foundation of Spiritan priests to help build a much needed new secondary school in Kenya. The new “Holy Ghost School Machakos” will be located approximately two hours south-east of Nairobi in a region of significant deprivation and under-development.
The area currently has two primary schools, but no second-level education at all. For hundreds of children educational opportunities cease once they complete their primary years. This means that the new School will open up a new world of education, knowledge and personal growth for these children.
You can help by simply buying a brick for Kenya using the "Click here to book online" link above. Each brick that you, your friends and colleagues buy will go a long way to helping us build a much-needed new secondary school in Kenya. Booking Tips a) Select Final Year 2011 if you are not a past pupil, b) select I am registering for one person (me only)
At the College Sports & Family Day on Sunday 15th of May, your symbolic brick will be added to a temporary structure representing the new School in Kenya. You are most welcome to come down to the College with your family and place your brick yourself on the 15th May.
Please do not feel like you are obliged to just buy a brick. If you follow this link to our Support Pages you can make a donation of any amount you wish.
The school will be built on 40 acres of land which has been donated to the Spiritans in Kenya. This is situated adjacent to the main highway from Nairobi to Mombasa. Site clearance work will begin this summer and it is hoped that the new school will open in September 2013.
It is anticipated that the school will require approximately €1 million in total funding. In addition to the financial support from the broad Blackrock College family, these funds will be raised over the next five years from a variety of sources, including the Spiritan network worldwide and Kenyan based donors.
The links between Machakos and Blackrock College will be ongoing, with potential for reciprocal Staff, Student and Past Student visits to Kenya. These will give us the opportunity to help the new School and its many hundreds of pupils to grow, develop and prosper in the years ahead.
To make contact with the big build committee to discuss how you might be able to help and participate in the future please click here to email Eugene Harrington or David Coen.
Please join The Big Build on Facebook and let your friends know.
For more information on this and other fund raising activities please see our newsletter.
The area currently has two primary schools, but no second-level education at all. For hundreds of children educational opportunities cease once they complete their primary years. This means that the new School will open up a new world of education, knowledge and personal growth for these children.
You can help by simply buying a brick for Kenya using the "Click here to book online" link above. Each brick that you, your friends and colleagues buy will go a long way to helping us build a much-needed new secondary school in Kenya. Booking Tips a) Select Final Year 2011 if you are not a past pupil, b) select I am registering for one person (me only)
At the College Sports & Family Day on Sunday 15th of May, your symbolic brick will be added to a temporary structure representing the new School in Kenya. You are most welcome to come down to the College with your family and place your brick yourself on the 15th May.
Please do not feel like you are obliged to just buy a brick. If you follow this link to our Support Pages you can make a donation of any amount you wish.
The school will be built on 40 acres of land which has been donated to the Spiritans in Kenya. This is situated adjacent to the main highway from Nairobi to Mombasa. Site clearance work will begin this summer and it is hoped that the new school will open in September 2013.
It is anticipated that the school will require approximately €1 million in total funding. In addition to the financial support from the broad Blackrock College family, these funds will be raised over the next five years from a variety of sources, including the Spiritan network worldwide and Kenyan based donors.
The links between Machakos and Blackrock College will be ongoing, with potential for reciprocal Staff, Student and Past Student visits to Kenya. These will give us the opportunity to help the new School and its many hundreds of pupils to grow, develop and prosper in the years ahead.
To make contact with the big build committee to discuss how you might be able to help and participate in the future please click here to email Eugene Harrington or David Coen.
Please join The Big Build on Facebook and let your friends know.
For more information on this and other fund raising activities please see our newsletter.
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