Dedications
A dedication in a loved one’s name can be a very touching and meaningful tribute.
You could make a dedication in-celebration of a special occasion, such as a birthday, a wedding, or even just for a unique spontaneous gift.
Dedication can also be made in-memory as a lasting tribute to a loved one who has passed away. In memory dedications can be an effective way to honour a great life, and add to their legacy, by creating positive change into the future.
If you are interested in making a dedication for a loved one there are many options that we would be delighted to discuss. A dedication can take the form of an inscribed plaque and a locally held ceremony. SEED can provide pictures and a video for others to share in your dedication and we would be delighted to report on the progress of the project as a whole. Coming out to Madagascar is also an option, and we’d be delighted to facilitate a visit to the site of a dedication.
A dedication that you may wish to consider is within our WASH and Education Infrastructure Programme, Sekoly (Schools). By dedicating a component of a Sekoly project your donation will be supporting hundreds of children in their education, health, and wellbeing into the future.
Below are the some of the different elements to the school that you may wish to consider dedicating.
Examples of dedications
Dedicate a rainwater harvesting system (£2,250):
Clean drinking water in schools is vital to the health of the children attending. In collaboration with Tatirano Social Enterprise, SEED facilitates the installation of a 10,000-litre rainwater harvesting system, which provides clean drinking water for the school as well as the wider community. The rainwater harvesting system also supplies running water to the menstrual hygiene management facility as well as drinking and handwashing stations. Having access to clean water means students and teachers alike can focus on learning in a safe and comfortable environment. To sponsor the installation of a rainwater harvesting system, the cost will be £2,250.
This dedication will ensure that all present and future students and teachers have access to safe, clean drinking water.
Dedicate furniture for a school building and teacher accommodation (£4,289):
A crucial way of benefitting a child’s learning is by ensuring that they are taught in an environment which is comfortable and conducive to learning. Many schools in Madagascar do not have adequate furniture with children having to sit on dirt or cold stone floors. This creates a further disincentive for children not to attend school, and contributes to the statistic that 62% of nine- to 12-years in the Anosy Region have never been to school.
SEED furnishes classrooms with student desk-benches and a teacher’s table and chair, and also provide furnishings for the teacher accommodation, which supports their livelihood, encourages quality teaching, and helps to reduce teacher absenteeism.
By dedicating the full furnishment of a school building and teacher accommodation for £4,289 to a loved one, they would be helping to ensure that the students receive the highest quality education possible.
Dedicate a girls’ latrine block with a menstrual hygiene management facility (£8,000):
By dedicating this to your loved one, you will be providing schoolgirls with the space to ensure safe hygiene practices, allowing them to manage their menstruation at school with privacy and dignity so they don’t have to miss class. This will help build their confidence and increase comfort, enhancing their overall learning experience. A dedication to this cause would cost £8,000, and would cover all material and labour costs. By supporting us, your loved one would be responsible for directly ensuring that students have adequate and safe facilities, as well as healthy WASH practices being dispersed among the wider community, promoting hygiene and reducing disease.
Dedicate a classroom (£15,000):
We are giving the opportunity to dedicate a classroom in someone’s name. By choosing to dedicate a classroom, you would ensure that hundreds of children will be able to learn in a safe and comfortable environment, empowering them to succeed in their education. It has long been established that education is a key driving factor in breaking the cycle of poverty, so in choosing to dedicate a classroom in the name of your loved one, you would ensure that they are also at the forefront of the battle against poverty in one of the poorest countries on earth.
To dedicate a classroom would cost £15,000, which would cover all labour, material, transport, and related administrative costs.
Dedicate a teacher’s accommodation (£13,000):
As an attachment to all new school buildings, SEED constructs and furnishes a two-room teacher’s accommodation. This is an essential facility in providing students with access to a high standard of teaching. The teacher’s accommodation will help to ensure that the school attracts quality teaching staff, reduces teacher absenteeism, and supports their livelihood by providing them with not only shelter, but also improved WASH facilities.
The teacher’s accommodation can be dedicated for a cost of £13,000. This cost would cover all labour, transport, material, and administrative costs, and will ensure that a teacher has a safe and comfortable home to help them provide excellent education to their students.
Dedicate the entirety of a Sekoly school build project (£85,400):
You may wish to dedicate a whole school project, including all of the elements mentioned above. A typical project of this type would include the renovation of any existing damaged infrastructure, an entirely new school building with three fully furnished classrooms, teacher accommodation, two latrine blocks, a menstrual hygiene management facility, a rainwater harvesting system with drinking and handwashing stations, and WASH education sessions with all students and teachers.
The dedication of new and improved WASH and education infrastructure would help deliver a stable education to hundreds of children in the surrounding local communities, directly contributing to poverty reduction in the area for generations to come.
What to do next?
If you have read the above information and would like to consider this further then we would love to hear from you!
You can email Mark Jacobs (SEED Managing Director) at mark@seedmadagascar.org and he will be happy to arrange a consultation to talk through the possibilities and answer any questions.
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