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Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
“One of the UN's eight Millennium Development Goals is to ensure that by 2015 all children should complete a full course of primary schooling. 2015 is less than ten years away, and many children still lack the opportunity to learn how to read and write. Perhaps the biggest challenge is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is why I welcome the initiative to start new schools in Kenya.”
H.R.H. the Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria, guardian of the Gundua Foundation
Education for everyone
There are three levels of education in Kenya; preschool, elementary school (1-8) and secondary school (1-4). Even though there is a free public school system in Kenya, families must pay for school uniforms, food and books themselves. Most secondary schools are boarding schools, with fees that many families cannot afford. The Gundua School Project’s aim is to help more children attend secondary school.
Opening of Gundua
Secondary School
On 12 November, Crown Princess Victoria, protector of the Gundua Foundation, will open Gundua Secondary School in Ex-Lewa, Kenya. The opening ceremony will also be attended by the Swedish Ambassador of Kenya, Ann Dismorr. Representing Intellecta on the journey to Kenya and also responsible for the event will be Richard Ohlson (Chairman of the Foundation), Lars Peder Hedberg (Member of the Board) and Johan Bååthe (project manager).
Building a school in Kenya
The Gundua Foundation is planning and financing a secondary school in Kisima, Ex-Lewa, north of Mount Kenya. The school will provide local children with an opportunity for education and development. 4 000 people live in the fertile, yet poor, area where most live off survive on farming. There are four elementary schools, with preschools, as well as one secondary boarding school.
There is a great need for education in Kenya, but resources are limited. The Gundua Foundation wants to give more children the possibility to go to school. The Gundua Foundation has a central project organisation. Her Royal Highness, the Crown Princess of Sweden Victoria is guardian of the foundation.
Meet Betty
Student: Betty Kinya, Year: 2nd, Age: 16
Betty has several favourite subjects; English, chemistry, history and sports.
The things Betty thinks are better than in other schools are for example the books, buildings and teachers. But of course there is room for improvement. For example, she would like a school bus.”Gundua is the best school. No matter what you compare it with, Gundua is always the best.”
“Since we are as good as, or even better, than schools in wealthier areas I would like to be able to compete with them on the same terms, like being able to go away and compete against them in different competitions.”
Betty Kinya
Betty also appreciates the fact that Gundua is a day school, as it means she can help her family with the farming and taking care of her many brothers and sisters.
News
- Vittra performs Operation Day Work for Gundua
- On June 1-3 the Vittra School in Sollentuna worked on a project about Kenya and the Gundua School. The theme days ended with Operation Day Work, a project where the school raises money for children in need elsewhere in the world. This year the money raised by the Vittra School will go to the Gundua Foundation and the school in Ex-Lewa.
- June 1, 2009
- Gundua initiates cooperation with primary school
- Upprustade skollokaler och gemensam matsal ska ge bättre villkor redan till framtida Gundua-elever.
- May 20, 2009
