We are thrilled to announce the completion of the Jardines de Apoyo School in Masaya (Nicaragua). The inauguration was held in early July, with over 300 people attending the ceremony. The community members were so appreciative of the support received that they even organized a band, and parade to celebrate the opening of the new […]
Launching a non-profit organization from scratch with no experience in 2009 with the lofty goal of building 10 schools in 10 years was incredibly ambitious, maybe even bordering on a little crazy. However, we could have never predicated the unbelievable encouragement and support we would receive from dozens of remarkable individuals all over the world. […]
On November 2nd, Building Walls of Wisdom was invited to speak to the students at City School in Toronto. We shared with the students how living in developing countries differs to first World cities, like Toronto. Examples of disparity between the first and 3rd world were presented; for example, Canada has a clean, household water […]
250 students in the community of Chismaute in Ecuador are enjoying their new school thanks to BuildWoW contributors. We are happy to share with you the photo below along with the 2011 report for this community. Through the hard work of the local community and our partners, this construction for this project finished in January […]
Building Walls of Wisdom is proud to announce our 3rd project in northern Ghana, in the community of Adubiliyili, where community members often survive on an annual income of less than $400 dollars and the majority of people cannot read or write. We have decided to take on the challenge of building and repairing an […]
We are excited to announce that we have secured the funding necessary to build the 357 students and teachers at Dungu primary a new school building! The completion of this project marks the halfway point for our goal of building 10 schools by 2019. Years ago the residents of this small community in northern Ghana […]
After the overwhelming response from the BWoW two-year anniversary doubler, we are thrilled to have raised more than enough funding to complete our most recent project in Ghana – Tua Primary. Since the original donations (before doubling) were allocated to the Tua Primary project, it felt only natural to rollover the remaining funds to an […]
Building Walls of Wisdom is happy to share a video that outlines our current project in Ghana. In this video you will see where our building will be constructed and you will hear from the individuals whose lives will benefit from its construction. Enjoy!
