The Shonda Project

The Shonda Project is only able to support the people of Shonda because of the generosity of individuals and groups across the country.
We, and the people of Shonda are really grateful to everyone's support. Here are just a selection of recent fund raising efforts.

Neighbourhood recycling service ... raising hundreds of pounds

Sarah Pocock, a Year 12 student at St John's School, Marlbororough, offers to collect her neighbours recycling and take it to the recycling centre in return for a small donation to the Shonda Project. For the past three or 4 years, every month or so Sarah hands over a bag of coins, usually between £60 and £80, or to put it another way enough to pay most of a teachers salary for a month! Good one Sarah.

Under construction

The Shonda Project in the UK is a small, enthusiastic and commited group. The Chairman Mick Prentice, is the co-founder with his wife Angela and as Tresurer Eddie Warens ensures our financial trasactions are safe and secure. The Committee is ably supported by it's Secretary Brian Cruickshank. And the rest of the Committe Members include Carolyn and Rob Gittins, Derek and Jill Moss and Simon and Sheila Mills.

The project has lots of supporters across the county predominantly in the Redhill and Marlborough areas, without whom the Project would not function.

If you would like to get more in

The Shonda Project received an update from the staff of the school during the political upheaval in Kenya in 2008.

You can download a copy of the report in PDF format here. Please note that you may need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.

From humble beginnings the school has grown and so much has been achieved.
There is now provision for over 250 pupils with 11 teachers on the staff.
A regular feeding program has been established so pupils receive a meal each day at school.
A well has been constructed on site to provide clean fresh water to the school and surrounding village.
Carrying water from the well
A workshop has been built to provide skills and training for those children who may not qualify or be able to afford to go on to secondary school.
There is much more to be done.

Exam results 2011 ...

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Shonda is a small community situated on the outskirts of Mombasa. Shonda is at the end of a dirt track a mile from the main tarmac road.
There is no piped water in the community and there is only basic sanitation. On a positive note electricity is now coming into the village which should improve the lives of the local people. Apart from the school there are a collection of small shops and market stalls and a rather grandly named "Internet Cafe" - although there is no Internet.

The Local Fruit Stall

Like many places in Africa illness and disease is a stark reality. AIDS, TB and malaria are ever present in the community and most people have either experienced illness or have lost a family member to disease.
It was identified early in the Project that the provision of simple medicines like paracetamol and aspirin made a huge difference to people's health and significantly reduced the length of time children were absent from school because of malarial fever and illness.