The rural communities Sabre supports are some of the poorest in Ghana. Village schools lack even basic classroom facilities for their kindergarten pupils, and children are taught in make-shift shelters, private houses or simply under the shade of trees. Lessons are often disrupted by wind, rain and even stray goats. Through an innovative partnership and in close collaboration with the community, Davis Langdon has teamed up with Arup and designed and built a new type of kindergarten school.

This three classroom school provides a light, airy, spacious and comfortable learning environment - a stark contrast to the make-shift schools found in most villages. The school is also very environmentally friendly, using local materials such as bamboo, soil and coconut husk, and includes a roof designed to capture rain water for washing and drinking. Local people work alongside volunteers from both organisations on the building projects, gaining new construction skills which present opportunities for new livelihoods.

In 2009 we raised just under £60,000 for Sabre through various fundraising activities.