Matepe in School – Fundraiser report

This post is to wrap up our fundraising campaign for James Kamwaza’s Matepe in School initiative.

We raised 625€ of our 800€ goal (about 78%). After deducting the fees, I received 603,60€ from GoFundMe and sent $600 to James via Mukuru in mid-December (already sent $20 before).

Since then, James built three heras for the school, involving the kids in the process whenever possible. He also bought five bags of maize, which Mishek Nyamukuvhengu shared among a total of eleven people – not much, but also not nothing.

I had originally suggested documenting the distribution process, also as a positive signal to the children’s social environment that matepe culture is valued elsewhere. But they advised against it, as the distribution of donations from outsiders could quickly be interpreted as related to political campaigning and provoke scrutiny from local authorities.