St. Jude Girls Secondary School

Secondary School Makueni County, Kathonzweni Completed

St. Jude showed that not every school needs the same intervention. The school already had a classroom available, provided its own furniture and prepared the space. Books & Beyond provided the books — 225 of them — and nothing more was needed.

Going Above & Beyond.

The project

This library is open

A Catholic Diocese of Wote girls’ secondary school in Kathonzweni, motto "Going Above & Beyond". St. Jude taught Books & Beyond its most useful lesson: the model is not about imposing the same package on every school. Assess what is missing, and fill that gap.

Project at a glance

125
Learners at the school
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Books donated
Being counted
Kathonzweni
Makueni County, Kenya
Complete
Library opened

The journey

The St. Jude Girls Secondary School journey

Every project moves through the same seven steps. Here is where this one has got to.

Complete — all 7 steps done

  1. The school asked — done
  2. We worked out what was needed — done
  3. Raising the money — done
  4. Collecting the books — done
  5. Building the library — done
  6. The doors opened — done
  7. Handed over to the school — done

What happened, and when

  1. Date not recorded

    We worked out what was needed

    • Needs assessment completed
  2. Date not recorded

    Collecting the books

    • 225 books delivered, sorted and catalogued
  3. Date not recorded

    Building the library

    • School prepared the room and provided furniture
  4. Date not recorded

    The doors opened

    • Library in use

What changed

The Transformation

Drag the handle to see the same room before and after.

Before
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It goes here as soon as we have it.
After
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Where it stands now

Stocked with 225 books in a school-prepared room.

Who helped here

This library exists because these people said yes.

F

Friends and family of Books & Beyond

Books

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