Comandante Jika school
1479
students
educated
29
teachers
hired
Municipality
Bocoio
Province
Benguela
Funded
January 2006
Funder
RISE International
overview

One of the original design schools located on the edge of Bocoio – named after a famous MPLA Commander who died in 1975.During a visit to Angola in July 2009, the team returned to Bocoio in the evening to find the school illuminated. Generators were being used to light the classrooms at night for adults to attend. Because of the war, a whole generation grew up not learning to read or write. They attend class late into the evening after working long hours during the day, grateful for the opportunity to get an education.
more info
TOMS shoes were distributed to students in February 2012.
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school photos

how you
can help
We are currently fundraising to build the Lalula school. Our goal is to begin construction in 2022. This school will educate 1000 children.