The new teachers’ house

  • January 2025

The HOREMI Junior School has rapidly built a house for its teachers: another impor­tant step forward!

A signif­i­cant cost factor for the HOREMI Junior School: the salaries of the teaching staff. This also includes board and lodging. Due to a lack of rooms of its own, HOREMI previ­ously had to look for and rent accom­mo­da­tion for the teachers in the surrounding area. This is now a thing of the past, at least for six of them: with the help of dona­tions, HOREMI was able to build a resi­den­tial building for them, complete with its own toilet block. And as usual, every­thing was built in no time at all — inter­rupted only by rainy days — as soon as the funds were avail­able.

The new teachers’ house and latrine (in the fore­ground) have been completed.

The generous dona­tions from rela­tives, friends, former pupils and colleagues of a deceased, much-loved teacher from Stuttgart-Botnang played a key role in this. On the occa­sion of his funeral, he had asked for dona­tions for HOREMI so that Kenneth and Naume could build a house for their teachers. Over 3000 euros were collected! He, his wife and everyone who responded to the appeal there­fore deserve special thanks from HOREMI and us. The new teacher’s house will not only save travel time for the teachers and costs for HOREMI, but will also make life easier for everyone involved in running the school.

Brian at work: The area around the teachers’ house is now also being embell­ished.

HOREMI Junior School is now ready to start its second year of exis­tence on January 27. With new moti­va­tion to continue offering only the best lessons and two more teachers. This is because the number of students has grown signif­i­cantly: from 82 chil­dren at the end of 2024 to 141 kids in 2025 to date. The good repu­ta­tion that HOREMI has built up in a very short space of time has certainly contributed signif­i­cantly to this. Another reason: from this year onwards, the offer extends not only to the third, but also to the fourth primary school class. Good luck, HOREMI!

The team of HOREMI Junior School at the begin­ning of 2025 — above from left the teachers: Peter, Magda­lene, Chris­tine (cook), Ruth Edith, Jemimah, Sauma, Shadia, Joseph. Bottom from left: Brian, Joseph, Naume, Kenneth. Two new teachers are not yet in the picture.

Please help now so that HOREMI can ensure the basic care of their protégés. Your dona­tion helps, thank you!

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