Ndifo Community Development Foundation

Renovation of 5 dilapidated classrooms at the Likamba Primary School Many people in this area are poorly-educated Maasai, and this is the poorly-funded public school for their children. Many middle-class parents in Tanzania will list a major household expense as school fees for fear of the nightmare of having to send their children to one of these public schools. This is where the poorest of the poor children go. And during rainy season when the roads wash out, many parents in the toughest areas don't bother sending their children to school at all. Here 5 children sit at a desk designed for 2 in classrooms with busted floors and ceilings that leak no matter how many times the roof is patched. Glass in windows is broken, and there seem to be sharp edges everywhere. Everything is gray and dusty. We discovered what the school's kitchen looks like. We started with a model classroom with our initial fundraise in early 2024 and are going room-by-room to provide the students with safe classrooms where they can learn with nice, new desks where each student has enough space. The floors and ceiling are completely redone and the walls painted a soothing blue. www.youtube.com/@ndifofoundation

Construction of school chainlink wire fence This was an essential project meant to protect the children from them wandering off the campus or unwanted visitors from coming in. Before the fence was completed, we had a theft of piping from the newly installed sinks of the new kitchen. With the amount of materials being brought in for the school's refurbishment and the high level of extreme poverty in the surrounding areas, it became important to safeguard the new assets being added to the school. This also created a much safter environment for the children as they are now contained within an enclosed area and cannot wander off during the day as some had been known to do for a variety of reasons. And limiting who may drive onto this property with these young children is always important.

Teacher office & library adjacent to classrooms