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Rebuilding in Sri Lanka

Due to the overwhelming success of our Ecuador project and the encouragement from several Building Walls of Wisdom members we have decided to launch a second initiative for 2010. We will be participating in the rebuilding of a community destroyed in the 2004 tsunami on the east coast of Sri Lanka. In the coming months […]

Emori Joi Community Report

The spring 2010 community report for Emori Joi has been just provided to Building Walls of Wisdom from Free the Children. Follow the link below to see how the community has been changing since the construction of the new school house. Emori Joi Spring 2010 Community Report

Ecuador is a go!

After a great turn out to the Groove Diggers event held last weekend, Espresso matching all donations dollar for dollar, and all of the contributions we received over the last several weeks – we are thrilled to announce that we have secured funding for the construction of our second school! We will be building this school within […]

Half-way to a new school in Ecuador!

It is with great excitement that Building Walls of Wisdom can announce that we are just past the half-way mark for our second project. In just a couple of months many people have come together from around the world and help bring this project closer to reality. We are thrilled to extend our thanks to […]

Kenya build complete!

We are excited to announce that our 2009 Kenya project in the Emori Joy region is now complete. Alongside this news we were also provided with the following update: “The students in the Emori Joi community are excited to start a new school year. The pupils have now joined new grades and are looking forward […]

Ecuador here we come…

It is with great enthusiasm that we announce that for our project in 2010 we will be building a school in Ecuador. Within the Ecuadorian community we will be working in, only 10% of children go on to secondary school and the male literacy rate is 70% whereas female literacy is only 40%. By building […]

Kenya Project [2009]

Last year our dream became reality as over forty individuals joined Building Walls of Wisdom’s pledge to eradicate poverty through the development of education. Our small organization secured the funding for our first schoolhouse/classroom in Kenya in just four months. Small actions can indeed manifest themselves into substantial change! In partnership with Free the Children […]

Did you know?

Watch our video, filled with some startling statistics that help highlight the need for more schools around the world.