Senegal Days

Over the past seven years, Milwaukee Montessori School has been building a relationship with the students and teachers of the Diatock School, in the West African country of Senegal, home to our own Oumar Sagna. In 2004, Oumar returned to his village bringing school supplies and clothing donated by MMS parents and children.

In 2005, Sagna returned with money to purchase doors and windows for the school’s new classrooms. That year, MMS French students also practiced their French writing skills by corresponding with their Senegalese peers. In 2007, the MMS community raised nearly $5,000 to purchase materials for 66 desks that have now been built for the children at the Diatock School.

This year we embark on our most ambitious effort: to help build a library for the school. Our goal is to provide the technology and resources that our own children enjoy, also enabling MMS students to communicate and work on collaborative projects with their African pen pals via Skype and video conferencing.

You can support this cause by attending an event hosted at Turner Hall or by making a monetary donation. See below for additional details.

A Diatock Elementary School Fundraising Project
Turner Ballroom Presents: Sindoolaa

When: Saturday, February 13th at 3PM
Where: Turner Hall (1032 N. 4th Street, Milwaukee)
Ticket Price: $12 Adults, $7 Children (12 and Under)
You can purchase tickets at the door for an increased price or by purchasing advanced tickets at: http://pabsttheater.org/sindoolaa


How to Make a Donation:
We ask for your generous donations to this project, earmarking any donations to the following items in need.

Please make checks payable to MMS and mail them to:
345 N. 95th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53226

The School and Library

• Electricity for 12 classrooms @ $60/each = $720

• 200 sacks of cement @ $15 each (6,000 bricks) = $3,000
• 80 yards of wood for bookshelves and desks @ $12/yard = $960
• 25 kg of nails @ $20 kg = $500
• 367 roof tiles @ $8 each = $2,936
• 95 yards of wood for the roof @ $26 yard = $2,470
• Iron = $700
• 9 Carpenters @ $240 each = $2,160
• 9 Masons @ $240 each = $2,160
 

Equipment
• 10 computers @ $350 each = $3,500
• Internet installation @ $80 per computer = $800
• Internet monthly fee @ $75/computer = $750
• One laptop computer = $500
• 1 overhead projector and screen = $900
• 1 television set = $400
• 1 DVD player = $150

Books and computers:
• 100 Reading books @ $14 each = $1,400
• 100 Math books @ $19 each = $1,900
• 100 Science books @ $18 each = $1,800
• 100 History books @ $13 each = $1,300
• 100 Grammar books @ $16 each = $1,600
• 100 Spelling books @ $10 each = $1,000
• 10 Dictionaries @ $43 each = $430
• 100 Novels @ $15 each = $1,000
• 82 Physics books @ $16 each = $1312
• 82 Chemistry books @ $16 each = $1,312
• 82 English books@ $17 each = $1,394