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Updated: December 11, 2007

Supplies donated to Buko school
(February 2002)

In February 2002, the primary school in the village of Buko received needed school supplies delivered by TMF personnel and purchased with donations from TMF members. The effort was part of a community development plan implemented last year by TMF. The school, comprised of two mud and bamboo buildings, lacked essential equipment and resources for its 250 students and 5 teachers. Among the delivered supplies were 260 exercise books, 500 pencils, 100 pens, 5 English/Ahmaric/Oromo dictionaries, 4 world maps, a teacher's resource manual and a variety of educational maps, charts and posters. The school, which offers grades 1 through 4, teaches the basics of reading, writing and mathematics. Students who wish to continue their education must travel to larger towns with more advanced educational opportunities. TMF is already planning a second shipment of supplies to the school later this year. It will include new chalk boards for the classrooms and text books that students will be allowed to check out and use for reference. The chief of the village has pledged to pull together community resources to improve the structure of the crumbling buildings and to construct new desks and chairs for the classrooms.