The Joe Gracey Library and Music Lab
We are seeking matching funding for a $10,000 grant to reconstru
ct two decaying stone classrooms and build a library, computer and music lab in memory of Austin music icon Joe Gracey. The facility will serve over 500 kids from preschool through grade 12. $25 buys three library books, $250 a shelf full, $2500 funds the librarian and music instructor for a full year.
Donate Any Amount to Joe Gracey Library and Music Lab
Simbara Secondary School Chemistry Lab Kenyan 12 graders must take science lab classes to graduate in 2012 from high school . WE are planning to build a Chemisty/Physics/Biology Lab at a cost of $20,000. Donations in any amount will help (and we’d would love to have a $10,000 challenge grant to help us launch this project).
Amboni Primary and Simbara Secondary are located in a remote
area near the Aberdare National Forest, and the kids here speak some of the best English we’ve heard at any school in Kenya. The headmaster at Simbara is also the regional director for Scouting (Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts) and the school would love to have the support of Scout Troops in the U.S.
The Nobelity Project, in partnership with Well Aware, has completed a Purified Water System. Currently working 6 to a desk and textbook, the next need will be to purchase more of both.