Bweni Secondary school located in a beautiful seaside area of Bweni and the site covers an area of approximately 60 acres of land all of which were generously donated by the Bweni villagers. We started making the access road and clearing the site in October 2006, and building work started soon after. All the labour work at site is on voluntary basis by the Bweni villagers. Voluntary labour alone has resulted into a savings of 35% of total construction costs.

Building a school in Africa has been an enormous undertaking and raising the funds has been a struggle, but we have now completed phase I &II. Construction started in December 2006 whereby, 24 classrooms and 6 staff houses were completed. Upon completion, the school will accommodate 960 students [Form 1 to Form 6] and will have 32 teachers. The project is being implemented in 7 phases.

The remaining phases with their respective completion dates will be as follows:

Upon completion, the school will have the following facilities:

• 24 Classrooms
• 4 Laboratories [Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Languages]
• ICT Complex and Language Laboratories
• Library Block and Auditorium
• Staff Rooms
• Kitchen and Store
• 24 units of dormitories [40 students each] and Matron houses
• Dining/Multipurpose Hall
• Play Grounds
• 50 fully Furnished Staff Houses
• Health Care Centre with 50 beds

This is a very large and worthwhile project, and we will need more funding for additional classrooms, teachers' houses, toilets, etc., so that we can continue with the building programme. If you want an interesting project to raise money for, this could be the one for you.