School is in session at Gitebe!

Gitebe Primary School was built by the community years ago, but when the walls fell in, students were left learning in a wind-swept community hall, keeping many children away. Fight for the Forgotten provided materials for parents to rebuild the school into a warm, safe place to learn, and upgraded the hall to shelter overflow students.

The results speak for themselves. Combined with water and sanitation improvements from last year, enrollment has soared from 80 to 220 students. A new teacher is on board, hot lunches are served daily in partnership with local farmers, and the children of Gitebe are showing up. The future is theirs.

Formation of the Karambi CBO

Sustainability must be led from within, and the Karambi community is doing exactly that. Residents have organized themselves into a Community Based Organization to manage and grow their town, coordinating everything from community events and clean-up initiatives to maintenance of the community center, village savings groups, goat rearing cooperatives, and more. What began as a partnership with Fight for the Forgotten is transitioning into something the community owns and leads for itself.