Projects
Lasallian Projects supports developing communities by helping them to build permanent, educational facilities for local children. Each year we fund and manage at least 6 projects across the world, some of which may be spread over several years depending on their scale.
We provide people from the UK with the opportunity to go on a 5-week placement that runs from the early July to around 10th August. Volunteers work with local builders on the building site and stay with the local community during their time away. Due to current climate with covid, are 5 week projects are on pause, however we hope to run these projects again in the future, so please fill in our volunteer form if you wish to be contacted about future projects. This year we are running our first remote project to continue helping with communities we have worked with in the past. Plesae see below more information.
Our projects are funded by the generous donations of our supporters, who recognise the importance of education and of assisting those less fortunate than ourselves. These contributions are vital to ensure that the charity can continue with its work of providing children with the chance to succeed in life.
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Projects 2025
This year we are running two projects:
- Ghana – Kaleo: To finish the construction of pastoral housing for chaplains
- Kenya – Abossi: Construction of two new classrooms, one will be a computer room in the future
Ghana – Kaleo
We are very excited to be sending a group back to Kaleo this year. In 2019 we sent a group where they were working on the foundations of a building to house pastoral chaplains for the schools in the area. Lots of those schools have been wholly or partially constructed by our groups and are now packed with children who give an excited welcome when groups visit.
Unfortunately due to Covid we were not able to get the building completed, and the years since Covid we have not been in a position to send away the large numbers of groups we used to, and had to be selective about the projects we have carried out. This year we will finish the pastoral housing.
Kenya – Abossi
Back in 2024 we sent a group to Abossi to build a block that would house 4 teachers and families at St. Luke’s Academy. The school is over 20 years old but does not have enough classrooms or desks. Whilst there we were shown a computer room, which is a wooden shed housing 3 computers, which are about 15 years old.
This year Lasallain Projects is funding two new classrooms, one of which will be a new computer room, we are currently looking for donations of second hand computers, which we would be able to send to the school.
Additional Project Work
In addition to the building projects describe above we also run outreach and teaching projects once a year. Unfortunately due to the pandemic, these are currently on pause, but if you are interested in participating in 2023, please fill out our volunteer form.
Outreach Groups
Most years see us running a three-week project which aims to cater for a wider age range. This project is organised on similar lines to the others but departs around 24th July for 3 weeks. The work is usually less intensive than the building projects and may involve refurbishment, painting, or an extension to an existing building. Unfortunately due to the pandemic, the outreach group is not running in 2022, but if you are interested in participating in 2023, please fill out our volunteer form.
School Assistance Groups
Some of our groups travel for 5 weeks to give help in schools where the teachers, the students and the curriculum enable this to be a successful activity. These groups vary from 5 to 10 persons each, mostly people who have already had project experience. They travel to schools where classes may regularly number 50+ pupils and where facilities are in short supply. They tend to help with teaching English, Maths, Science, IT and sports. Living conditions and arrangements are like the building projects and sometimes take place in schools where we have previously built the classrooms. Unfortunately due to the pandemic, the school assistance groups is currently not running, but if you are interested in participating in 2023, please fill out our volunteer form.
