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The I have a Brick in Kenya project is a partnership between Blythswood and Sargy School from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with the aim of providing quality education to disadvantaged children and supporting young people in Africa to complete their higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”80px|0px|80px|0px|true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”Lora|700|||||||” header_2_font_size=”50px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” header_5_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_5_text_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.4)” header_5_font_size=”20px” header_5_letter_spacing=”3px” 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volunteer centre, and has also been involved in raising funds to cover the running costs of the school, including uniform, textbooks and lunch for children (a cup of porridge), but also the teachers’ salary.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Lora||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”2em” link_font=”||||||||” ul_font=”||||||||” ol_font=”||||||||” quote_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_3_font_size=”20px” header_3_letter_spacing=”3px” header_3_line_height=”1.5em” header_4_font=”||||||||” max_width=”600px” text_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Within this partnership, we organise teams of volunteers (who participate in construction, teach in school, or participate in various other activities), animals have been purchased and donated for the Sargy Widows Self-help Group, we have provided mosquito nets to protect disadvantaged families against diseases transmitted by insects, and we help young people with the payment of high school fees and, from 2022, with the support of Hungary Helps, we manage to cover the university fees of 9 students.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Vision Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#232220″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#232220 50%|#ffffff 50%” background_color_gradient_start=”#232220″ background_color_gradient_start_position=”50%” background_color_gradient_end=”#ffffff” background_color_gradient_end_position=”50%” custom_padding=”80px|0px|80px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#FC3C00″ 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Activities<\/h2>\n
financial help<\/h3>\n
donations<\/h3>\n
presentation<\/h5>\n
Results<\/h2>\n