Successful girls dorm already built by Canadian Harambe Education Society, Stelly’s Secondary School
In 2019, it was Stelly’s Secondary School student Carlos Quintero’s first time being in a third world country.
Twenty-six grade 12 students from Stelly’s were there through Canadian Harambe Education Society , an organization with headquarters in Surrey which aims to improve the quality of life of impoverished women in Kenya and Tanzania through education. The group was there to help construct a dormitory for 150 girls at the remote Mwahu Secondary School, directed by Chris Harker from North Saanich.
But for him, seeing its success has further pushed the motivation to now build the dorms for the boys, who are living in the dismal conditions due to poverty in the community.“It was just so sad to see the grim comparison between the way that the girls are supported at that school and the fact that the boys have to live in basically a tin shack,” he said.
The boys go on to outline several “advantages of living in a nice clean environment” including building self confidence, having enough light to study, and improved health and hygiene.Since the mandate of CHES is limited to support girls, Harker is pioneering the project outside of the organization. Contacts in Tanzania have elicited a commitment from the local community into providing the foundation for the school, and the local District office has committed to providing the metal sheeting for the roof.
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