The Student Movement for Real Change (SMRC) took action to improve Gogoraruhe Primary School in Kenya. They provided much-needed school supplies like chalk, notebooks, pens and paper for 300 pupils after finding the school only had a box of supplies. SMRC then worked with the community to build a new school, providing unskilled labor, and completed construction of a facility with classrooms, latrines, and a rainwater catchment system to replace learning under a tree with no materials.

1. Student Movement for Real Change Gogoraruhe Primary School - Kenya

2. Before, the Students used to learn under this tree.

3. Sitting on the stones

4. A box of school supplies from Gogoraruhe exhibits the dearth of materials prior to SMRC involvement with the school. The box was the entire inventory of materials at the school at the time. SMRC provided chalk, notebooks, pens, paper for up to 300 pupils.

5. SMRC decided to take action and build a new School for the children

6. Gogoraruhe Primary School is under construction. All unskilled labor was donated by the community.

7. Gogoraruhe Primary School is completely built, painted and includes a rainwater catchment system and a safe latrine.

8. These were the stones in the barren classroom where students used to seat and learned during school.

9. After the work of SMRC this is Grade 1 where students are learning in a new classroom, sitting at desks and using pens and paper to take notes.

10. Lessons in the new classroom provided by SMRC

11. The new building