Scotch College

Kapumfi update - Thanks to the wonderful students of Scotch College

As reported in the Principal’s column in this issue, Scotch reached its initial $153,064 fundraising target for the Kapumfi project on Monday 24 April, less than nine months after the initiative was launched. Senior School students raised the final $1500 through a casual dress day.

At Kapumfi, six classrooms, two teachers’ residences, furniture, educational resources and a toilet block have now been funded, and the first 1 x 3 classroom block has already been built.

According to the latest World Vision field report, the Kapumfi children are keenly awaiting the move into the new building:

‘They can’t wait to sit and learn in a new environment. What a glorious time it will be to see happiness on the faces of 600 students.

‘The entire community has continued to happily sacrifice time and unskilled labour – moulding bricks, collecting sand and drawing water. The government Ministry of Education have been periodically sending inspectors to ensure quality and timely workmanship as well as providing technical support.

‘The government District Buildings Officer says the work is excellent and has complied with Ministry of Education standards. The area member of parliament expressed heartfelt gratitude on behalf of the Government of Zambia to Scotch College and World Vision Australia, when she was taken on a conducted monitoring visit to the project site.

‘Thanks to the wonderful students of Scotch College. Their love gifts are bringing hope and happiness in a community which was up to this time the most marginalised, but now they are a wonder in the community.’

For more information regarding the Kapumfi Project, please visit www.scotch.vic.edu.au.

Kapumfi sponsorships

One obvious goal of the Kapumfi project was to raise enough funds to construct and furnish the school. While this has been achieved, we are conscious of our ongoing responsibility to the Kapumfi community, and are seeking ways to improve their standard of living still further.

The new school classroom block at Kapumfi

Through sponsorships, the Scotch community can make a continuing impact in the region, and 20 Junior School families have already committed to sponsoring a child from the Kopa Area Development Project (ADP) district, where Kapumfi Community School is being constructed.

World Vision has identified more potential sponsored children from the Kopa area. If you would like to sponsor a child, please return the form inserted in this issue to the address shown on the form. Sponsorship costs only $39 per month – or just over $1 a day – and all donations are fully tax deductible.

Mark Williams