The Maybasi Primary School kindergarten in Kusaye Beru, Oromia, has been successfully renovated, ensuring a safer and more supportive learning environment for young children. Previously, the classrooms were unsafe for both students and teachers, compromising learning quality and safety.
With a total budget of 457,900 ETB, fully covered by the community through cash, timber, and labor, the project repaired three classrooms in five phases: material collection, technical checks, planning, oversight, and maintenance. The renovation directly benefits 160 students and 4 teachers, creating a clean, safe, and welcoming place to learn while strengthening community unity and ownership.
This project was facilitated by Merete Samuel, in partnership with the Maybasi Primary School community, local authorities, and CorpsAfrica/Ethiopia.
Project Highlights
– Improved Learning Environment: Renovated classrooms provide safe and welcoming spaces for 160 students and 4 teachers.
– Community Ownership & Sustainability: 100% community-funded through cash, timber, and labor, showing strong unity and responsibility.
– Operational Success: Completed in five phases—collection, checks, planning, oversight, and maintenance—ensuring quality results.
– Child Well-being: Safer facilities promote dignity, confidence, and better educational outcomes for young children.
– Broader Impact: Strengthened community cohesion, pride, and long-term engagement in education.
CorpsAfrica addresses two of Africa’s most difficult challenges: engaging youth and helping rural communities overcome extreme poverty. We recruit and train motivated volunteers to live and work in rural, under-resourced areas in their own countries. They collaborate with the community to design and implement small-scale projects that address their top priorities and, by doing so, gain the skills and experience that lay the foundation for personal and professional success.
CorpsAfrica trusts youth and communities to help each other.
