Projects
After formal classes have ended for the school year, DSDO offers what we call vacation school. It's a chance for students to hone their skills. Small groups. Two instructors. ICT and math. Two weeks.
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We have 5 water reservoirs that collect rain water at school campus. This water is used for both cleaning and drinking, so it's important that we keep the reservoirs maintained.
When the roofs rot out, then all kinds of debris ends up in the water. Since we are all about re-using items, we harvested roofing sheets as they came off the three campus buildings that were getting a facelift, purchased new wood for the framing, and then rebuilt the roofs.
Much better!
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In Dekpor, when it rains, it truly does pour! Throughout the years, we've been challenged by roofing sheets. In 2024, finally, a source for made-to-order long sheets was found. We were able to replace some of the school campus buildings then. But, here we are in 2025 and three of the school buildings and our Dekpor Central Shops were in a bad way. Seriously, this is an expensive undertaking, especially when the wood joists, rafters, and ridge boards have rotted and also need replacing along with the sheets.
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Wow! Such joy!
Campaign: March
Raised: $10,940
Number of kits: 309
Distribution: May
137 boys each received: 7 boxers, 4 undershirts
172 girls each received: 7 pairs of underwear, 4 camisoles
Imagine being a teen and not owning even one pair of underwear. It's a sad situation in Dekpor and we are happy to make a huge difference. Consider hygiene, comfort, and self-esteem. The students in grades 6,7,8 and 9 at Dekpor Basic School AND all of our sponsored high school, apprentice, and university students were thrilled to receive a kit.
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Our child sponsorship programme is making a huge difference for some extremely needy
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Back in 2011, Andrew Sanderson gave
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Surprise! When we start this Project Page in January of each year, we have no clue what will end up here! Here you'll find photos of the smaller jobs and initiatives that we do.
February - paint the basketball net posts at Dekpor Basic School's sports courts
February - thoroughly clean the solar panels
March - solar battery upgraded at school's computer lab
March - Yia polytank repaired
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Now, it may sound funny to have a project called Chairs, but alas, we have been hoping for a large quantity of stacking chairs for the Dekpor Basic School library for many years now. The search has been ongoing.
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