Podporme školu v Keni zaplatením školného šiestim deťom

Už počas dvoch letných období som organizovala výzvu cez donio.sk a celú získanú sumu – 890 EUR a 765 EUR – som škole odoslala. Je dôležité, že peniaze nejdú rodičom, ale priamo škole. Z jednej výzvy škola dokončila záchody, ktoré sme prišli maľovať.

Peniaze tak skončia do posledného centu v škole, ktorá z nich zabezpečuje chod školy, platy učiteľov, nákup učebníc a varenie dvoch jedál denne.

Po skončení výzvy dostanete aktualizáciu o tom, že peniaze odišli z môjho účtu na účet Green Garden Academy, a priložím aj účtenku od riaditeľa školy za to, čo z týchto prostriedkov nakúpil.

Na čo konkrétne budú peniaze z tejto kampane použité?

Ako som spomínala vyššie, peniaze prídu priamo na účet školy Green Garden Academy. Ako súkromná škola dostala od štátu schválenie svojej existencie, na svoj chod si musí zháňať peniaze sama.

Škola má náklady na prevádzku, ako sú platy učiteľov, nákup učebníc a pomôcok, spotreba vody a elektriny, ktorá veľmi často vypadáva, nákup surovín na varenie stravy pre deti. Asi len 150 detí z tých 500 má sponzora, takže mesačne bojuje s tým, za čo nakúpi, čo potrebuje. Musí si udržať si učiteľov a zabezpečiť kontinuitu a dobrú kvalitu výučby.  

I am organizing this fundraising campaign myself as an enthusiastic supporter of a school in Kenya – the Green Garden Academy at Diani Beach, where I first arrived three years ago. Since then, I’ve been returning regularly; in December 2025, I visited for the fourth time. I help the school by writing blog posts about it, sponsoring three of its students – two girls and one boy – and encouraging my friends to become sponsors as well.

In 2023, I went there for the first time together with two other families and a German priest. We spent three days of our stay working at the school – plastering the kitchen brick walls and building a small counter for a sink with running water. The craftsmen built an oven and two chimneys.

I even inspired my children’s school, which has already sent two student trips for community work directly to Green Garden Academy. One year, the students built a new classroom, and on the second trip, they built a fence around part of the property. It’s amazing to see how help spreads further and motivates other young people. Unfortunately, the third planned trip was cancelled because of the war in Iran. I hope their planned flight in October 2026 will take place.

The school was established near a dumpsite where local children used to go in the mornings to search for food among not-yet-rotten hotel waste. From a small porridge distribution point, it has grown into a school with approximately 500 students, providing not only education but also two meals a day. Public schools are far away, overcrowded (up to 100 people in a class where adults often come to formally finish their primary education), and the education is not of good quality. Green Garden Academy is a private school with a minimal fee, which many families still cannot afford. To ensure that the poorest children don’t have to leave school, it needs foreign sponsors.

Sponsoring one child costs 20 EUR per month. I have personally been sponsoring three children for three years now.

With this campaign, I want to support the school directly, so the poorest children have a chance to break free from generational poverty and build a better life.

Money will be sent directly to the account of the school in Kenya. 

For two summers now, I have organized a fundraising appeal through donio.sk, and I sent the entire amount raised – 890 EUR and 765 EUR – to the school. It is important that the money does not go to the parents but directly to the school.

This way, every last cent ends up at the school, which uses the funds to keep the school running, pay teachers’ salaries, purchase textbooks, and cook two meals a day.

After the campaign ends, you will receive an update confirming that the money has been transferred from my account to the account of Green Garden Academy, and I will also attach a receipt from the school’s principal showing what was purchased with these funds.

How will the funds be used?

As I mentioned above, the money will go directly to the account of Green Garden Academy. As a private school, it has received state approval for its existence, but it must raise funds for its operations on its own.

The school has operating expenses such as teachers' salaries, the purchase of textbooks and supplies, water and electricity consumption—with power going out very frequently—and the purchase of ingredients for cooking meals for the children. Only about 150 of the 500 children have a sponsor, so every month the school struggles with what to buy and what it needs. It has to retain its teachers and ensure continuity and good quality of education.