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Why are you applying for The Elevate Prize?

As a winner, we would use the Elevate Prize funding toward the cost of the construction of an essential primary school and community education centre for an a deprived community in rural Kenya.

Tell us about YOU:

The Bouncing Ball Trust have been supporting educational projects in Kenya in 2014. This has been through our Sponsorship, Feeding and Reading Programmes at Ngong Hillside Academy. Sadly the Academy closed in 2018 and since then we have been fundraising to construct a new primary school in the country.

Pitch your organization.

We are fundraising to construct a primary school to address the poor level of literacy in the community where the school will be located.

Describe what makes your work innovative.

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How and why is your organization having an impact on humanity?

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Select the key characteristics of the community your organization is impacting.

Children & Adolescents
Peri-Urban
Low-Income

Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your organization address?

4. Quality Education
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Which of the following categories best describes your work?

Education