St.

Charles Kauko Primary School Rehabilitation Project

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Proposal for

SCHOOL REHABILITATION PROJECT
ST CHARLES KAUKO PRIMARY SCHOOL,

P.O. BOX 519, 4022, OYUGIS, KASIPUL DIVISION,
RACHUONY SOUTH, KASIPUL, HOMA BAY, KENYA




Transform Lives
110, Block A, Astana Putra Condo,
Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh,
47000 Selangor Malaysia
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St Charles Kauko Primary School Rehabilitation Project

St. Charles Kauko Primary School is located about 10km from the nearest town, Oyugis. As shown in the
photos, one of the school buildings is made of mud wall and not safe and conducive for the children to study.
In addition there was no teachers room for the teachers to have their meetings and other day to day
management uses. Hence they are doing all their day to day schedules under the trees.
At present, the church and Building No.1 & 2 provide the space for the pupils to study. The rehabilitated
Building No.1 caters only three classes and the rest of the classes are conducted in the church and Building
No.2. The church is also being used as classrooms due to insufficient place in Building No.1 and 2. With
increasing pupils every year, these two buildings need urgent rehabilitation.
In addition, the school also lacks some of the important equipments and material that a school need. Some of
the urgent needs are as follows:
1) Lack of classrooms A total nine (9) classrooms needed. Currently we have three (3) classrooms
2) Lack of water for drinking and washing hands after toilet visits;
3) Inadequate latrine toilets;
4) Lack of administrative block currently operating under trees;
5) Lack of desk for both pupils and teachers;
6) Inadequate learning resources;
We all know that education plays very important roles in community building and upliftment of society;
especially in the rural settings. St Charles Kauko Primary School, being located in the rural village with such
limited facilities; it is almost an impossible task to reach just even one of its missions, i.e. provide quality
education to its children.

The rural population is facing lots of social, health, economical problems, generally due to lack of education.
The current rural adult populations of above 50 years are generally illiterate. And possibly 50% of those aged
between 20 and 50. With such high illiteracy rate in the rural settings and other social-health-economical
issues; a properly aided school is a prerequisite to create a well-balanced society.

Just like any other school, St Charles Kauko Primary School has its mission to be part of national development
and creating a well-informed society that benefits its country and people. However, that mission looks like a
dream and will remain a dream if nothing is done to its current school condition that has 3 in-complete
classrooms, 6 dilapidated rooms, with one latrine toilet without water.

We hope you and/or your organization can assist us on this project and work together to transform lives, give
quality education to these helpless children, give a chance to children to study, and make these childrens
dream to become reality one day.

Thank you so much for reading and looking forward for your generous support on this project and lets together
transform lives.

Yours Sincerely
Subramaniam M. Ramanaidu,
Project Coordinator

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About project coordinator:
I was born and grew up in rubber estate in Rawang, a small town about 50km north of Kuala Lumpur, capital
of Malaysia. Mr. Ramanaidu, my father was a rubber tapper with a meager salary and has to raise a family of
four single handedly. Ms. Appalanarasammah, my mother, was partially disabled since 6 years old due to
polio; hence couldnt carry out any rubber tapping work except household work.
I have one elder brother and two elder sisters. All of us started to help my father at the rubber estate at the
tender age of 6 to make ends meet. My 2 sisters dropped out of school when they are 14 and my brother when
he was 17 due to the conditions of our family. We were raised in a poor conditions and my entire family
struggled throughout 70s and 80s. I was fully funded during my primary school studies by Lions club
Malaysia as I excel in my academic studies amidst my poor conditions.
While I was in Primary School in the 70s, a group LIONS Club came to the school and selected some children
and I was one of them. LIONS club members move from place to place identify poor rural students and
provide them with basic necessities. I received from this generous LIONs Club 2 pairs of trouser, 2 pairs of
shirts, 1 pair of shoes, 1 school bag, all my school books and fees were paid, etc.
Although the conditions was difficult, no electricity, no piped water, living away from the town, I have the
determination [to excel in education to break the poverty of my parents] and the drive to strife in my early
school days. I survived my school life with my family support to continue studies and their encouragement not
to drop out like them. Through hard work and relentless support from my parents, siblings, relatives, friends,
and various organizations, I managed to pull through university with a degree in Geology (B.Sc.) in 1991.
Being a geologist, I was given lots of opportunities to travel locally as well as internationally. Two projects
that changed my life were Roseires Dam project in Sudan in 2009 and Magwagwa Dam in Kenya in 2011.
These two projects have changed my entire view on life.
Africa gave me the chance once again to learn, to study, to do more search & re-search, to understand our
planet, and finally a chance to give back some or all that I have accumulated over the years in a way that
benefits humanity and the environment.
Aug-2013

Aug-2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 ABOUT US 5
1.1 Registration Details 5
1.2 Vision Mission 5
1.3 Organization Details 5
2 PROPOSED PROJECT ABOUT SCHOOL 6
2.1 School History 6
2.2 School Facility 6
2.3 The Desperate Need 7
2.4 The Mission 7
3 THE PROPOSED REHABILITATION PROJECT DETAILS 8
3.1 Plans and drawings 8
3.2 Materials and Bill of Quantities 8
3.3 Budgetary Cost of Construction 9
3.4 Project Work Plan and Duration 9
4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 9
4.1 Project Manager and other Personnel 9
4.2 Schedules of Meeting, Monitoring, evaluation 9
4.3 Final Deliverables 9
5 LETTER OF PLEDGE 10

Appendices:

Appendix A: Organization
Appendix B: School Location Map
Appendix C1: Existing Building Plan
Appendix C1: Proposed Building Plan
Appendix D: Project Cost
Appendix E: School Photos


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1 ABOUT US


1.1 Registration Details
Transform Lives Worldwide (herein referred to as TLW) is a non-government organization (NGO)
registered in Malaysia, under Malaysia Organization Act 1966 (Section 7 Societies Act 1966) with the
following registration details:

Official Name: PERTUBUHAN TRANSFORMASI KESEJAHTERAAN RAKYAT
Registration No.: PPM-001-10-29062013
Date of Reg.: 29-June-2013.
Note: A copy of the registration certificate under Malaysia Organization Act 1966 is presented in Appendix-
A.
1.2 Vision Mission
The vision and mission of TLW are as follows;
Vision: To eradicate poverty
Mission: To teach and transfer knowledge to the poor through community education
1.3 Organization Details
TLW was started as an organization aimed at assisting rural poor villagers who had various needs and
shortfalls in their daily lives. It was started by a group of twelve (12) like-minded people who agreed to come
together to move forward towards a common goal, i.e. help rural poor in whatever way that we can. All TLs
12 members (office bearers and non-office bearers) are on voluntary basis.


TLW was formed under informal structure but with a common aim in Jan 2012. Meetings were held from
time to time at one of the members house. Due to the loose binding among the members which generally
based on trust and verbal, the members decided to form an organization under the Malaysia Organization Act
1966 to allow us to be a more formally structured organization. Finally on 29
th
June 2013, PERTUBUHAN
TRANSFORMASI KESEJAHTERAAN RAKYAT herein referred to as Transform Lives Worldwide was
formed officially.

The main objectives of TLW are as follows:
1) To improve basic infrastructures in the rural villages related to
a. Schools
b. Community Halls
c. Mosques / Churches / Temples / Any other Religious Bodies

2) To plan and improve basic needs
a. Drinking Water
b. Electricity
c. Cooking source

3) To provide information and preventive knowledge on diseases such as
a. Malaria
b. Dengue
c. Diabetics
d. Heart, etc
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4) To promote youth empowerment programs to eradicate
a. Gangsters among juvenile and youths
b. Drug abuses
c. Alcoholic issues, Etc

5) To promote women empowerment programs to enhance knowledge on
a. Family issues and relationship
b. Prudent Family finances management
c. Children education
d. Children abuses
e. Managing Teenage problems


2 PROPOSED PROJECT ABOUT SCHOOL

As part of TLWs vision to provide help to the rural poor, we identify a dire need at one of the rural schools in
Kenya. The school, St. Charles Kauko Primary School (herein referred as SCKPS), is located in the western
Nyanza region, Kasipul Division, Rachouny South, Kasipul Homa Bay, Kenya; about 350km north-west of
Nairobi.
The SCKPM is located about 10km from Oyugis a small town located between Kisii and Kisumu (Refer to
Appendix B for the location map).
2.1 School History
SCKPS is one of the governments public school found within Rachuonyo South District. SCKPS started in
2006 by the local community and taken over by District Education Board in July 2012.
SCKPS was started as a nursery (ECDE) center school and began its journey at its church. It was expanded to
a full primary with classes 1 to 7 in 2009. SCKPS presently has a total of 270 pupils with three government
teachers.
2.2 School Facility
SCKPS started its journey in 2006 with the church being used as the nursery school. The church is made of
very basic building material that was available locally. The building was constructed using mud based walls
and Zink roofing with the help of the local community who resides around Kauko.
Over time, as more children started to walk in, another two buildings were constructed to cater the entire
Standard 1 to 6, together with a latrine toilet. By 2010, there are three buildings within the church/school
compound, i.e.
1) Church
2) Building No.1
3) Building No.2
4) Latrine Toilet

Note: Refer to Appendix C for the current Building Plan.
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In early 2010, some of the mud walls started to give way and it became a big challenge to continue the school,
especially Building No.1. As to tackle the collapsing of the walls and risk of roof collapse, SCKPS started to
look for funds to enable them to re-build the school.
In July 2010, SCKPS received some donation from Amani United Kingdom (AUK). AUK is a London based
non-governmental organization (NGO) who extent their hands to poor countries in Africa. When AUK heard
about the condition of SCKPS they started their research and got connected with Umosa Christian Centre,
(UCC) a religious study group based in Oyugis.
Subsequently, AUK-UCC decided to fund the school rehabilitation. Rehabilitation of SCKPS started in July
2010 and completed in December 2010. One of the old building, Building No.1 (refer to Appendix C1), was
demolished and new building was erected. AUK-UCC only managed to rehabilitate Building No.1 without
complete permanent classroom facilities due to insufficient funds. However, AUK-UCC managed to rescue
part of the badly damaged Building No.1 and children have a strong shelter over them now.
The church building and Building No. 2 were not repaired due to insufficient funds. As time goes by, more
damage incurred and these two buildings need urgent rehabilitation.
2.3 The Desperate Need
At present, the Church and Building No.1 & 2 provide the space for the pupils to study. The rehabilitated
Building No.1 caters only three classes and the rest of the classes are conducted in the church and Building
No.2. The church is also being used as classrooms due to insufficient place in Building No.1 and 2. With
increasing pupils every year, these two buildings need urgent rehabilitation.
In addition, the school also lacks some of the important equipments and material that a school need. Some of
the urgent needs are as follows:
7) Lack of enough classrooms A total nine (9) classrooms needed. Currently we have three (3)
classrooms from Building No.1;
8) Lack of water for drinking and washing hands after toilet visits;
9) Inadequate latrine toilets;
10) Lack of administrative block currently operating under trees;
11) Lack of desk for both pupils and teachers;
12) Inadequate learning resources;

2.4 The Mission
Just like any schools, SCKPS also has its mission and vision, such as
To provide quality education to her students;
To provide outstanding learning experience for the students;
To be the best school in Kenya;
To create great students whom will subsequently become citizens that will be building and
developing Kenya to a greater height;
To create a well-educated child so that he or she can uplift his family in the future;
To create a well-informed child so that he/she knows his/her rights such as avoiding early
marriages, avoiding sexual abuses, etc;
And many-many more

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To achieve one or two of the above vision, the school needs some basic infrastructure like
Proper classrooms;
Proper tools and equipment;
Dedicated & motivated teachers;
Adequate facilities for both teachers and students;
Enough room for both teachers and students to move around and do their duties;

We all know that education plays very important roles in community building and upliftment of society;
especially in the rural settings. SCKPS, being located in the rural village with such limited facilities; it is
almost an impossible task to reach just even one of its missions.

The rural population is facing lots of social, health, economical problems, generally due to lack of education.
The current rural adult populations of above 50 years are generally illiterate. And possibly 50% of those aged
between 20 and 50. With such high illiteracy rate in the rural settings and other social-health-economical
issues; a properly aided school is a prerequisite to create a well-balanced society.

As such, SCKPM mission is to be part of the national development and creating a well-informed society that
benefits its country and people. However, that mission looks like a dream and will remain a dream if nothing
is done to its current school condition that has 3 in-complete classrooms, 6 dilapidated rooms, with one latrine
toilet without water.


3 THE PROPOSED REHABILITATION PROJECT DETAILS

Due to the dilapidated conditions of SCKPS, TLO is proposing this project to rehabilitate the school and to
enable children to get good quality education. The following presents the details of the proposed rebuilding
program for SCKPS.

3.1 Plans and drawings
Details of the current building plan is shown in Appendix C1. As can be seen in the plan, there are 4 main
blocks at SCKPS.
Church (Old building)
Building No. 1
Building No. 2
Partially built Church building
The rehabilitation program is divided into three (3) phases in accordance to the children need and described as
follows:
a) The first phase covers the rebuilding of school classroom, then
b) The second phase will be focused on office block, then
c) The third phase will be the construction of the church.
The proposed new building plan is presented in Appendix C2.
3.2 Materials and Bill of Quantities
Details of material and approximate quantities required for the rehabilitation program is presented Appendix
D.

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3.3 Budgetary Cost of Construction
Total project cost is estimated to be in the region of Ksh2,000,000 ~ RM80,000 ~ US$27,000. Detail
breakdown of this cost is presented in Appendix D.

3.4 Project Work Plan and Duration
The SCKPS rehabilitation program is expected to take about 3 months to complete. As there are 3 classrooms
in Building No.2, we propose that construction to be started during the school holidays. The main priority will
be to complete re-building Building No.2. The extension of classroom at Building No.1 can be carried on
even during school days as this does not interrupt the school sessions.


4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT

4.1 Project Manager and other Personnel

The following personnel are the project management team

Project Manager: Subramaniam M. Ramanaidu
Project Supervisor: Bernad Otieno Apela (Private)
Project Supervisor: Basil Othiambo (School teacher rep)
Construction team that consist of masons, helpers, and general workers

4.2 Schedules of Meeting, Monitoring, evaluation

Weekly meetings will be conducted between the management team, building team and other parties involved
to measure the progress and to evaluate / overcome arising issues such as

Update on the progress,
Update on the finances, purchases,
Project quality assurance and quality management,
Other related issues or problems encountered

4.3 Final Deliverables

A public acknowledgment of funders financial support and a small plaque of recognition will be erected at the
project site upon completion of the project.
A completion report will also be prepared and delivered to all the funders (pdf copy) that includes details of
1) Actual cost of the material purchases
2) Actual cost of labour usage
3) Documents pertaining any changes in program and the reasons
4) Personnel involved in the project
5) Complete set of photos showing:
a. Existing condition of the school
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b. Weekly Progress photos;
c. Completed buildings
d. construction up to completion
e. Public acknowledgment of funders financial support,
f. A small plaque of recognition of the funders ted at the project site upon completion of the
project.

5 LETTER OF PLEDGE


A group of 80 like minded people with contribution of RM1,000 each can make
huge difference
in at least these 270 helpless school children. These children are yearning for proper facilities and a
conducive environment to pursue their basic education dream. Their dream is to one day when they
grow up, they too can elevate their life together with their families.


"Powerful" is how we describe your support in RE-habilitating this dilipating school. Your generous
gift makes it possible for us to give a new life to these 270 helpless students, who participate in
adaptive environmental education programs. Your support also helps improve the educational
outcomes, physical health and emotional well-being of these children.

Thank you for partnering with us to help these children "Celebrate Schooling". We greatly appreciate
your continued support and the powerful impact it will leave on these 270 children for their rest of
their lives; Just like how Lions Club did on me!

THANK YOU.