2022 - Malawi - Vivya

Vivya

GPS location: 13°14'44.8"S 33°31'06.2"E

Costs & Sponsor: The US$34,000 for this school was funded by Hitachi Energy (Switzerland), with over 1’000 employees contributing in a global fundraising campaign.

Children: 100 – 150, from 5 to 15 years old, girls and boys in equal numbers.

Teachers: 2 teachers, employed by the Malawi public education board.

School building: Reinforced concrete, 140m2, two classrooms

Construction: Managed by buildOn, completed in Feb. 2023 the Vivya community contributed 5,236 days of volunteer work.

Picture: Rita Chasa, student at the new Vivya school