Project Status: Completed Funds Provided by OFDC: $2,895 Funds Provided by Local Kenyan Community: $720 New latrines have been completed at Oltanki Primary School, located in Narok County. A total of 10 latrines were constructed: 4 for girls, 4 for boys, and 2 for teachers. The request for additional latrines came from an increase in […]
Project Status: Completed Funds Provided By OFDC: $2,429 Funds Provided By The Local Community: $680 Enarupa Oongila Primary School has requested assistance constructing 8 latrines; 3 for boys, 3 for girls, and 2 for teachers. The local community contributed 20% of the project’s cost, which reinforces the principle of self-reliance and human achievement. We thank our […]
Project Status: Completed Funds Provided By OFDC: $1,680 Funds Provided By The Local Community: $420 Lerai Primary School requested assistance with the construction of 6 latrines, 3 for boys and 3 for girls. Latrines are essential to provide a place for human waste and help prevent the spread of diseases; also give girls a place of privacy […]
Project Status: Complete Funds Provided By OFDC: $2,163.51 Funds Provided By The Local Community: $893 Enkusero Primary School has 465 students seeing an increase in enrollment of 265 students from the previous year. They currently only have 2 latrines that were constructed in 2001 and are now filled up. The children are very eager to learn […]
The equatorial sun feels like a magnifying glass held high overhead. The hand-held GPS reads one degree South, 34 degrees East, and just over 6,000 feet above sea level. I’ve been touring projects across the Narok district of Kenya with the OFDC executive director (my mom), her Kenyan colleague, and a new Peace Corp volunteer. […]
We were driving through the Maasai Mara, the Mara to locals, just after visiting Ole Nkuya Elementary. We came upon a cement structure. I asked our host Patrick what it was. He said it was a public toilet facility the Swiss Government had put in. My dad and I started laughing, thinking it was a […]
Thanks to both the generosity of OFDC supporters and the efforts of parents with children attending Enkaroni Primary, who raised half of the project’s costs, head teachers will now have a home on school grounds, thereby increasing educational opportunities for students. Teachers in Kenya are generally stationed far from their family homes, as is the […]
The Siyiapei river bridge has been completed! Now when the river floods, with the help of the OFDC, Bridging the Gap Africa, and the Olonturoto villagers, children can reach school safely, vendors can get their goods to market, and the sick can get access to the medical attention they need. A celebration was recently held […]
As you may have seen from our Facebook updates, we are really excited about OFDC’s latest endeavor to increase educational opportunities to children living in rural Kenya, specifically to those students attending Ololoiboti Primary and other surrounding schools. Children living in this rural area, which is accessed only by foot or tractor, are unable to […]
Is my donation being put to good use? This is a universal question of all donors, and especially of those donating to organizations working in less developed countries, wherein accountability standards often differ from what we expect in the United States. At OFDC, we strive to ensure that each and every gift is truly making […]