In January, the Madina Talokoto Nursery was a community school in distress. Today it is thriving.

• In a rural location close to the southern border with Senegal.
• It’s sponsor from Spain had died, no money, no water, teachers had left, pupil numbers dropped to 41 (capacity 140), buildings dilapidated and hazardous in places
• In 6 weeks our team has fully restored the classrooms (2 with new roofs), built a boundary wall, toilet block and kitchen (for daily porridge) and installed a solar borehole. Also, fully equipped the classrooms.
• Cost £23.5k
  – restoration £17k
  – equipping e.g. classroom furniture, teaching materials, playground kit £5k
  – solar borehole £1.5k
• Excellent qualified teachers recruited and their training is in progress.
• Enrolment rose from 41 to 95 in 3 months.
• Strong community engagement and good prospects for increasing the enrolment to 140 by October (start of new academic year).