Since you already own the land, the next logical steps are:

- from your own experience, estimate the number of classrooms and other facilities required for the school (can be done locally at your end)
- contact a few architects and local builders for an estimate of expenditure for construction of the school (must be done locally at your end)
- arrange funds for construction of the school

Arranging funds might be the real issue. Funds could be generated through any suitable income-generation scheme to achieve self-sustenance without external support. If a more convenient route is desired, you could resort to fund-raising, which is a very popular activity on nabuur. Setting up a task titled "FUND-RAISING to build Secondary School" would then draw more attention from fund-providers.

Vijai

Hi Vijai,

thank your four your comments and ideas! The number of the needed facilities is already clear, also the budget plan and the funding request is almost ready too. The problem is always the same, the lack of funds.
You are right we absolutely need a special task for fundraising for the secondary
school.

Thank you again, kind regards,

Ildikó

Hi Vijrai,
Thanks very much for joining us and your good ideas.Just as Ildiko has said we have already developed a budget plan for the building activity,the building plan is also in place and we are out looking for funds to build it.If you know any organization/s or that works in Kenya you can let us know so that we can put it on the list of funders.

Thanks Ildiko for your good information at the start of the task.It contains all the good ideas that Matopeni secondary school would like to achieve.I do invite all our neibours both old and new to join hands towards realization of this project.All your good ideas are very much welcome.
God bless you all,
Stephen.

Hello Ildikó and Stephen,

It is good to know that you have the basics already worked out and are just waiting for the funds to roll in. In my previous post I had felt it necessary to take you straight to the issue of funds, since that is obviously what the task is all about, and engaging neighbours in discussions or seeking opinions on non-fund issues is simply going to delay matters and will not translate into funds for your village.

To further fast-track your efforts, you could start a task for fund-raising - use the heading "FUND-RAISING for ..." (complete heading as mentioned in my last post). This is sure to grab the attention of any fund-providers on nabuur who may be regularly scrolling through the tasks.

In addition, you may also be contacted by some neighbours on nabuur who specialize in advice on fund-providers external to nabuur, and who might certainly guide you further.

I personally do not involve with funding or fund-raising, and also do not have creditable fund-provider contacts whom I could refer to you. Nevertheless, I might just drop in to your task later if I find matters are stuck, just to give it another big push forward.

Meanwhile, please accept my best wishes for the success of your task.

Vijai

Hi Vijai,
Let me just put it clear that we are stranded.We don't have funds to build a secondary school and again the community that donated the land gave us a time limit to try and use the piece of land if not they will claim it back.So that time limit is really pushing us hard to the corner so that before the that times expires we must have put up something in the name of a structure.So that is basically what we are supposed to do.
Regards,
Stephen.

Stephen, I understand your position, and this is all the more reason for you to fast-track your efforts. On the other task that you have created for "ideas for fund-raising", I can see that a neighbour has already posted a query regarding the amount of funds required, and is awaiting your reply.

Also, as already suggested in my earlier post, you must create a task on nabuur titled "FUND-RAISING to build Secondary School". A direct approach always helps. The other task that you have already created is titled "Ideas for fundraising ...". In my opinion, you need "Funds" and not "Ideas for fundraising". If this gels with you, you may like to edit the title suitably. Dabbling in "ideas" will only delay all your efforts, since the same ideas are doing the rounds on nabuur at most villages, and you might as well read threads of a few villages to pick all the ideas around.

Hopefully your efforts will meet with success soon.

Vijai

Dear Stephen and friends to Metopen,
Please,keep trying and trying.Hope you can immergin from what is appearing on the nabuur website ,the villages,the faciltators,the local representatives,all are very quite and while many have disapeared fall all.
But never to eccept to be a looser.
People like me are also struggling to put our school in order and alot is needed,friends have disapeared from us ,but we must go on and we must stay to continue serving humanity.
Have sent you a list so that you be trying like lam doing.
But what i know God is with us and he will one of these days come to our rescue.
Your
Christopher
LR,MASAKA VILLAGE
NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL
UGANDA
American Jewish World Service

Ananda Foundation

Asia Foundation

Barrow Cadbury Trust

Baxter International Foundation

Bernard van Leer Foundation

Better World Together Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Blaustein Philanthropic Group

CAFOD

Channel Foundation

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

Conservation, Food and Health Foundation

David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation

First Hand Foundation

Ford Foundation

Foundation for Future

Freedom to Create

Freudenberg Foundation

Fund for Global Human Rights

Global Fund for Children

Global Fund for Women

Global Greengrants Fund

Grassroots International

Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation

ICCO

Intel Corporation

International Reading Association

Inter-American Foundation

Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

John Merck Foundation

KIOS – A Human Rights Foundation in Finland

King Baudouin Foundation

Lemelson Foundation

Libra Foundation

M·A·C AIDS Fund

MacArthur Foundation

Mama Cash

Mcknight Foundation

Merill Lynch

Microsoft’s NGO Connection

Monsanto Foundation

Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation

New Field Foundation

New World Foundation

Norwegian Human Rights Fund

Onaway Trust

One Woman Initiative

Open Society Institute

Packard Foundation

Partnership for Transparency Fund

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Peace and Development Fund

Peacock Foundation

Presbyterian Hunger Program

Rabobank Foundation

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Rockefeller Foundation

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Sir Halley Steward Trust

Starbucks Social Entrepreneurs Fund

Surdna Foundation

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Toyota Foundation

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

United States Institute of Peace

Western Union Foundation

WINGS Global Fund for Community Foundations

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Dear friends,
Have also noted that the good people who donated land may reclaim it back,what lam suggesting is that is possible,contact local people and the children some of them you are helping and start making some bricks.
Whatever small bricks a number may be,people will realise there is work being made ,then as you continue with other methods.
Thank you once again
Christopher

Thank you, Christopher!

Dear Christopher, thank you a lot for the long list of funding organizations and the fantastic idea of making bricks.
I agree with you that Nabuur has been very quiet, just a few villages still are alive.

Let's who are still alive work together!

Have a blessed weekend!

Kind regards,
Ildikó