Potomac Students Give New Classroom for Red Rose School

The Lower School Community Service and Arts and Artifacts Committees at the Potomac School led a three week fundraising project in May 2007, collecting more than $2,000 to help fund the construction of a new classroom, furnishings, and salary for one teacher for a year at the Red Rose School for orphans and vulnerable children in the Kibera slums of Nairobi.

"This fundraising project has helped our children connect to children in need as well as global issues," said Ms. Donna Lewis, head of the Lower School division at Potomac. "On Friday, June 1 we will present our contribution to Mr. Okoth, Ms. O'Hara, and students who will be traveling to Nairobi to help see this project through to completion."

Click here to see the pictures of the Potomac Classroom Project already under construction at the Red Rose, and due to be opened for official use next month by the team of students, teachers, and parents from the Potomac School who will be doing their community service in Nairobi in June.