See how far we have come....
Ground is broken on the Gladys Caulker LeFevre Primary School
The school is built
Desks are made by local craftsmen.
The school is finished
The school, officially opened in April 2011, serves the students of six cluster villages.
Students get uniforms
With sewing machines and fabric supplied by The Magic Penny, local villagers make the children’s school uniforms.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held
Teachers are trained
Time for some sports, and some new uniforms
The Magic Penny provided the funds to clear an area for soccer, and then got donations for soccer kits to spur the Gladys Caulker LeFevre team on to victory!
The school and village get new wells from The Magic Penny
Pavement was added in front of the school to keep Bompehtoke sand outside.
Responding to Ebola
Funds from The Magic Penny were used to provide essential disinfectants and buckets, medical supplies, protective masks and gloves and most important, stipends for the local nurse and teachers to share preventive health techniques and information.
Managing Covid-19
The Magic Penny provided masks and hand washing stations to the school,
as well as emergency food supplies to the village.
as well as emergency food supplies to the village.