Basketball hoop and backboard against an open cloudy sky above the campus

Blessed Assurance Education Trust · Capital campaign

Sixteen levels. Four blocks. One staircase that says no.

The Trust is raising KES 38.05M to make a Nairobi campus reachable for every learner — lifts, railings, tactile pathways and an adapted school bus.

Phase 1 · Year 1 Phase 2 · Years 2–3 Phase 3 · Years 4–5
The Trust

Holds the land, buildings and assets in trust for the charitable educational objects — perpetual succession, registration TPS-VMC47G.

The Academy

Operates the school under the Education Act — 320 learners today, across the Syokimau and Prideland campuses.

01 — The ask

Sponsor a line item

Every row below is a real line from the 2026 CAPEX estimate, priced at Nairobi rates. Fund the whole row, or split it with a foundation — the contract is written per item.

01

Continuous safety railings

Stainless steel, dual-height guardrails on corridors and staircases — all sixteen levels.

Phase 1 · Year 1
KES 250,000per floor × 16 levels
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02

Specialised disability kits

Braille materials, auditory learning kits and tactile paving paths for visual navigation.

Phase 1 · Year 1
KES 2,000,000lump sum
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03

Civil & structural works

Reinforced masonry adjustments, shaft openings and structural preparation for the lifts and escalator.

Phase 1 · Year 1
KES 3,500,000lump sum
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04

Commercial passenger lift

2 × five-stop traction lifts serving Blocks C and D.

Phase 2 · Years 2–3
KES 4,500,000each · 2 units
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05

Commercial escalator line

One unit, a ground-to-first-floor alternative, in Block C.

Phase 3 · Years 4–5
KES 6,500,0001 unit
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06

Adaptive PWD school bus

1 × 33-seater midi-bus with automatic hydraulic tail-lift, ISO floor tracks and anchor straps.

Phase 1 · Year 1
KES 8,500,0001 × 33-seater
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Fleet operations PSV insurance, driver and assistant training, initial fuel allocation — KES 3,050,000 annually · Years 1–5
Professional fees Architectural and structural engineering oversight (~6%) — KES 1,500,000 · ongoing

02 — Phase 1 · Year 1

What Year One actually buys

KES 18,000,000 Phase-one commitment
Adaptive school busKES 8,500,000
Safety railingsKES 4,000,000
Civil & structural worksKES 3,500,000
Disability kitsKES 2,000,000
Why modular-first

The build order is deliberate: the cheapest, highest-impact items ship first, so the campus gets measurably safer and more accessible while the larger mechanical tranches are still being negotiated.

Why school holidays

Every structural alteration, lift-shaft drill and heavy machinery move is restricted to the April, August and December recesses — learning is never interrupted.

03 — The estate

Four blocks. Sixteen levels.

An engineering plan, not an artist's impression. Each block is colour-coded by the phase that touches it.

L2 L1 G BLOCK A BLOCK B L4 L3 L2 L1 G BLOCK C BLOCK D LIFT LIFT ESCALATOR · G→L1 BLOCKS A & B — 3 LEVELS EACH classrooms · learning labs BLOCKS C & D — 5 LEVELS EACH administration · specialised science labs · libraries · multi-purpose PHASE MAP Phase 1 — railings & disability kits all 16 levels, all four blocks Phase 2 — 2 × 5-stop traction lifts Blocks C & D Phase 3 — escalator Block C, ground to first floor FOUR BLOCKS · 16 VERTICAL LEVELS Floors labelled by current use.
Blocks A & B

Three levels each — standard classrooms and learning labs. Phase 1 railings and disability kits run across all of them.

Blocks C & D

Five levels each — administration, specialised science labs, libraries and multi-purpose spaces. Lifts land here; the escalator is in Block C.

04 — Recognition

Where your name goes

Naming rights are issued at the contracting stage, once a line item is committed and the ring-fenced CapEx account is live.

  1. 01

    The [Donor Name] Inclusive Science Wing

    Blocks C & D — the specialised science labs, named in full.

  2. 02

    The adapted school bus

    Permanent brand placement on the 33-seater midi-bus that carries learners with mobility and sensory challenges to and from campus.

  3. 03

    A floor of continuous safety railings

    A named corridor — one of the sixteen levels — guarded floor to floor.

  4. 04

    The tactile paving paths

    The guided walkways that let learners with visual impairment move across campus unaided.

[Draft copy — naming-rights wording subject to trustee approval.] The ladder above follows the example forms in the Trust's own plan; the exact wording of each right is agreed in the contracting stage.

05 — Governance

Built to be audited

The signals a sceptical grant officer looks for first, stated as facts — not sentiment.

/* ACCOUNTS */     all bank accounts are held strictly in the name of the Trust
/* SIGNATURES */   every withdrawal requires the physical signatures of no fewer than two trustees
/* CAPEX FUND */    the campaign CapEx account is ring-fenced — dual trustee signatures plus an independent project auditor's sign-off
/* STATUTORY */    a formal annual return goes to the Registrar of Companies, one month after the certificate date
/* ASSETS */       land, buildings and vehicles are held exclusively for the charitable educational objects — none may be distributed
Risk control

If funding lands slower than planned, the modular order means the cheapest high-impact work still ships first.

Raising KES 38,050,000 over five years. Year one starts at KES 18,000,000.