Location
Lokusero, Laikipia County, Keny

Current situation
Lokusero Primary School is the only primary school for the entire Maasai community in Lokusero. The school with its boarding facilities is located on community land of the Maasai, Il-Ngwesi and Tassia, and was built in 1956. In 2010, an initial AMU project to build dormitories and a kitchen was completed. Currently, the school has 360 students and 8 classrooms. The government only helps with the funding of staff and school materials.

In Kenya, less than 50 percent of Maasai girls have the chance to visit a primary school and less than 10 percent reach secondary level.

Background
The majority of the students are Maasai. The Maasai are primarily engaged in extensive cattle herding. In a semi-nomadic lifestyle, they move with their herds over large areas in search of water, grass, etc. Currently, a little more than half of the 360 students attend the boarding school.

Activities of the project

• Construction of two additional classrooms to reduce the number of students from the current 70+ per class in grades 6 and 7
• Construction of two housing units for teachers
• Improvement of the sanitation system

The primary beneficiaries of this project are the students and teachers of the primary school in Lokusero and its surrounding villages. The project will directly benefit:

• 360 students
• 10 teachers
• 6 staff members

147'626.38 EUR : Budget allocated to the project
88'575.83 EUR : Contribution of the Luxembourgish Government
59'050.55 EUR : Contribution of Action pour un Monde Uni asbl

Local Partner: « ACCREDO » African Centre for Community Resilience, Empowerment and Development

Co-financed through the framework agreement 2022-2026 signed between the MAEE - Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs and the NGO Action pour un Monde Uni on 02.02.2022.