By Rebecca Zeigler Mano | Director, Education Matters
Happy March!
We are making solid progress on both the fundraising and building/planning sides of creating the USAP Community School. After a successful end-of-year fundraising campaign, we are excited to announce that we now have $585,000 in the bank from a combination of GlobalGiving and direct donations as well as employee matching funds. We are excited to announce that an anonymous donor has pledged $500,000 to match all large donations from $500 and above in the coming months that come through any channel toward the building of the USAP Community School.
We have engaged a very innovative architect based in Zimbabwe who is especially talented at using the local weather and terrain to take advantage of natural light in the design of buildings. He has completed a feasibility study of the site. For Year One we will be building student and faculty residences, the dining hall, classrooms, a lab and an administrative building that includes a staff room and offices.
We thank all of your for your donations which is making the USAP Community School come to be. If you are already not one of our monthly recurring donors, please consider joining us in this way - having a steady monthly flow of donations greatly assists us to keep the momentum going.
Sending sunshine from Zimbabwe to all of you in colder parts!
Best,
Rebecca/Mai Mano and all at Education Matters
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