Host an Event!
You can help us build schools in Africa! Like the 7th grader in Rochester, NY who gave presentations at her school. Together, she and her classmates raised $1630.56! Or two teenagers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who raised $10,000 in one summer.
Consider hosting a bake sale, car wash, cocktail party... We've been incredibly fortunate to receive donations from schools, churches and individuals. Fund-raising ideas have ranged from bake sales, car washes, and spaghetti suppers to a young woman who ran a marathon and raised $1,000 in pledges from family, friends and co-workers. Our organization is volunteer-run, so whatever you donate goes 100% toward the project. Deductions to Build a School in Africa are 100% tax deductible. If you’d like more information, you can download a printable brochure, or contact us for information, photos, music, or a presentation. In the Boston area, or in the Bay Area in California, we may be able to send a speaker to your event!
Brochure (2-sided, 3-fold, with color photos; 174K PDF)
Your Contribution Will Make a Difference
To make a tax-deductible contribution send a check to:
Build a School in Africa
c/o Judy Lorimer
83 Groton Street
Pepperell, MA 01463-1524.
Here are just a few of the items your donation can provide:
| $30,000 | A new middle school for 200 students |
| $100 | A classroom door or a cabinet for classroom materials |
| $55 | All the nuts and bolts for all the buildings |
| $50 | Shutters for one window |
| $35 | A door for the latrines |
| $35 | A student desk & bench that seats 3-4 children |
| $32 | A teacher's desk |
| $21 | A chair for the teacher |
| $30 | A 30 kg. pail of interior paint |
| $22 | Anti-rust paint for all the metal doors and windows |
| $12 | 1 sack of cement. 498 sacks of cement are needed to make the 5,135 cinderblocks used for the school buildings |
| $10 | 2 kg of black slate paint for a classroom chalkboard |
