School Facilities

Just five months into Ndanu Brown’s arrival significant positive changes have already come about, including, most visibly, the newly painted entrance to the school and a sign promoting Aquinoe by the junction with the main road. Being on hand at school, Ndanu…

Hard on the heels of new solar panels, Aquinoe has now installed much improved lighting with LED fixtures round the whole school. In all, 46 new inside lights and 17 for security are now in action with the whole supply and fitting operation…

In an exciting move, three new solar panels have been installed at Aquinoe Learning Centre and maintenance work on the old panels completed at the same time. The school had its first solar equipment installed in January 2016 at the…

Pupils with disabilities at the Aquinoe Learning Centre now have the benefit of some wonderful new equipment in the physiotherapy department. The money was generously donated by the Thrift Shop at Monymusk in March 2019, but most of the items were…

The charity sends out money for specific projects for the Aquinoe Learning Centre three times a year. In the last transfer an allocation was sent for a few computers to replace the previous ones which were old, many of which…

Eighteen months ago the charity trustees were keen to set in motion a solar power project because of the high cost of electricity and also because of the unreliability of the local supplier. The project came to fruition in January…

The classrooms at Aquinoe are relatively new, but have been battered by the weather and were looking very drab. We transferred money a few weeks ago, including a sum for a new coat of paint for all of the classrooms.…

Outdoor play equipment was purchased a while ago with funds raised in memorial to one of the trustees daughters. Unlike most children in “Western” countries, many of the pupils at Aquinoe have little chance to experience this kind of apparatus,…