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British Telecom, UK and Giraffe Events build two classrooms in the bush

In the wilderness of Tsavo in southern Kenya, a small rural school recently received a huge boost from the British communications giant: British Telecom.

As part of a corporate social responsibility program, British Telecom and travel & incentives specialist, Giraffe Events joined hands and helped to build two classrooms for a local primary school on the outskirts of Tsavo National Park. Kiteghe, just like most other rural schools in Africa lacks basic physical infrastructure such as proper floors, roofs, doors and windows.

Every year, BT Apprentices support a community project whose completion would make a huge difference in the lives of that community. Towards this cause, they donated £10,000 ($20,000) during their one-week Challenge Africa project in February 2007. Each apprentice was expected to raise a minimum of £200 ($400) towards the project. The plan is to rebuild the whole of the school, complete with an Administration block and a library. Giraffe Events organised the Challenge Africa event on behalf of BT to give the young trainees some life-changing experience.

In the Challenge Africa project, 32 Apprentices were offered an incentive trip to gain bush and survival skills in a remote rural location. They were all aged between 19 and 22 years. Besides helping to rebuild the school, the apprentices helped to teach English and Arithmetic and interacted with the Kiteghe community members.

Once the project is complete, it will greatly improve education standards for over 160 pupils in the school. In addition, it will create a more competitive edge among the other four primary schools in the area of approximately 12,000 inhabitants.