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Early in 2010 the trustees of the Aquinoe Learning Centre Charitable Trust, along with members of other charities, were invited to attend a meeting with representatives from the SAFE (Southern African Fund for Education) committees of the various colleges at Cambridge University.

The trustees are in the process of submitting another application for funding towards a new library building for the Aquinoe Learning Centre.  In the last year, a large number of books have been provided for the school and these need to be housed in a decent-sized building, erected for the purpose.

The trustees, along with another supporter, have spent a substantial amount of time in the last few months investigating new projects for Aquinoe in the coming months and researching possible methods of funding some of these.

Having been presented with a considerable amount of money for books, we decided that funding for a library building would be one of the priorities. Other means of acquiring books have also been probed.

Another idea is the acquisition of land on the outskirts of the town. A large amount of money is spent on food each term but if crops could be grown on school land, this would perform several functions:

George Ndirangu is not able to work at the Aquinoe Learning Centre at present, and a new occupational therapist has been taken on temporarily. His name is Boaz Kipkoech Cheruiyot, and he gained his diploma in Occupational Therapy at the Kenya Medical Training College in 2005. Boaz is doing well at the school.

During the year we purchased a variety of items for the school. The major project was the completion of a new dormitory for the boys, which looks very attractive, and of which the girls are very envious! We also provided some funding for desperately needed new classrooms.