The first primary school in Gulf Province to benefit from Digicel Foundation’s help was Savaiviri Primary School.
St. Theresa Primary School’s new steel kit classrooms were funded by Digicel Foundation at a cost of K90,000 and consists of an office space, 20 new double school benches, school black boards, a water tank, two pit toilets and two bucket showers for the female students which creates a favorable learning environment for more than 40 students.
St. Theresa is a Catholic Church agency school which was established in the 1950s, catering for a population of more than 5000 people in the area. They have a six-in-one school building which houses six classes for grade three to grade eight.
St. Theresa has not received much external support other than that from the community assisting with maintenance over the years.
The classrooms are rundown and badly affected by termites, leaking roofs, and deteriorating concrete flooring.
Despite the dilapidated state of the classrooms, the community ownership is good. The school was elevated last year to a level four school. It has an enrollment of 178 students and six teaching staff.
Marina van der Vlies, chief executive officer of the Digicel Foundation said: “St Theresa Community School and the Moveave people of the Gulf Province have embraced this humble school and truly made it their own.”
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