Background
With the influx of refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp, access to vital services such as education is strained. It is estimated that there are sixty five thousand refugee students attending less than fifty schools. Owing to limited income generation opportunities, refugee families are unable to afford the costs of school supplies leaving refugee students to rely on schools’ provision of text books and other learning material. Due to this, a single text book is likely to be shared among several students with the possibility of a student not having access to the same book.
To offer alternative channels of access to learning material, communities in Kakuma are establishing community libraries. The Hol Community Library was established in November 2017 to enable refugee students’ access to additional reading resources away from school. Although this community library remains under-resourced, it serves a total of one thousand and five hundred students and pupils as reported by the librarian. The library is in need of support to ensure that students fully utilize it. There is insufficient amount of reading material.
Project Goal and specifications
Catwalk to Freedom is undertaking this project to improve the Hol Community Library by increasing the number of reading material such as text books available in the Library, and creating a children’s literacy corner to improve the literacy skills of refugee children and students.
Reading material: The library needs additional one thousand, five hundred and sixty two books, and wall charts as specified in the table below.
Book type Level Number of books required Approximate cost in
shillings (KES)
Curriculum based Primary 700 (350 Competency Based 470 000
Curriculum text books. 350 traditional
curriculum textbooks new edition- KLB)
Secondary 400 (KLBs,set books, and revision
books- Form 1- Form 4)
Story books Primary 150 135 000
Secondary 150
Children’s
storybooks. 150
Dictionaries 12 (6 kamusi, and 6 English dictionaries) 12 000
Wall charts Both primary
and secondary unspecified
Total approximate cost in KES= 617 000
Additionally, there is need for stationery such as transparent book covers, staples, pins, and 3 librarian draft books for maintenance of books delivered to the library, and record keeping.
a. There is critical need for solar lamps or Lanterns for the students that are not able to come to the library to study due to lockdown and curfew. The children that we are targeting are from age 9-16 years old.
b. Sanitary pads for 3 months supplies for the girls
c. 1000 plus masks
Duration: November 2020- March 2021
The book drive will start on November 2020, and is expected to end in early march upon which all collected books will be delivered to Hol Community Library.
Contact Person:
Nyagoa William Nyuon
+254701444464