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Our First Project
The Loos 4 Learners team partnered with Ejisu Presby Primary, a school located outside of Kumasi in the Ashanti district. Ejisu Presby Primary is a co-educational school for children aged between four and twelve with a school population of 1,600 children and the headteacher is Madam Dorcas.
The school started work on plans for their new toilet block, architect drawings were prepared and parents supported the project as much as they could by fundraising themselves.
The school did not have their own water supply. With joint funding from L4L and the school’s parents a bore hole was dug bringing fresh water to the school. The L4LTeam have to thank the Lions Club of Felixstowe for their financial support during this stage of the project.
The above video shoes the delight the children felt the first time they saw water in the school.
We asked the children for their comments once the water was made accessible to them via a single tap on the school’s playground.
“When I saw the water coming out of the borehole, I was so happy….now we can drink water in our school.”
“The water coming out made us so excited….at last we have water to drink and wash our hands.”
The borehole is just the first step for this school, we want to help them take their second step and provide a safe and clean place for the children and their teachers to go to the toilet.
It can be quite distressing for the children to leave the safety of their classroom and head into the bush to go to the toilet. The impact of this situation is clearly described by these children’s comments.
‘ I will be very happy if we get toilet in my school. There is a snake in the bush where we go to toilet. Once I saw a baby snake there and run away.’ Makoe
‘The day we will get toilet in our school I will dance and dance. One day I have a running stomach. I used all my money to go to So Good (the name of the public toilet nearby). When it came again, before I get to the bush I did it on myself.’ Vid
L4L started their crowd fundraising campaign in 2023, hit their fundraising miles stone in 2024 and the contractors finally broke ground in May 2025.
Extract from the report on the construction of toilet facility project funded by Loose4learners
‘On March 28th 2025, Loose4learners fulfilled the promise made to the school by releasing funds for the toilet facility project.
The contractor handed the keys for the facility to the school on September 18th 2025 in the presence of all the stakeholders and it was finally commissioned on November 11th 2025. A delegation from Loose4learners represented by Mr. Sandy Davies and Mr. Jonathan Rice came to witness the commissioning ceremony.
Loos4Learner’s first toilet block opened!
Ejisu Prebyterian Model Primary School, Kumasi
In November, the Chair of Loos4learners, Sandy Davies and a Norfolk headteacher, Jonathan Rice were invited to Kumasi for the opening of the charity’s very first toilet block.
It felt as if the whole of the small town of Ejisu had turned out to welcome them. Dancers greeted their car as it travelled along the streets and followed the two visitors onto the school campus. Hundreds of children, staff and parents were there in force, the welcome was amazing.
On the following day, all lessons were suspended for a five-hour ceremony of dancing and music for the guests from the UK. Pagodas had been erected to ward off the 40-degree sunshine whilst children of all ages performed their dances and songs. Visiting dignitaries from the Church, Government and Education Authority were treated to a ceremony like no other. Gifts were given to the charity’s representatives to show appreciation for their support.
One of the highlights of the trip was of course a visit to the toilet block. The toilets had been finished to a high specification with tiling throughout.
The block consisted of ten cubicles each for boys and girls plus urinals. The teachers had their own units built into the block along with showers and washing facilities.
This is a great achievement for a school of well over 1000 pupils who had had no facilities before these toilets were built.
In addition to meeting the headteacher and the staff, Sandy and Jonathan were able to meet with the builder. The conversations with the school’s senior management team and the builder were very informative. Useful lessons were learned for planning Loos4Learner’s next venture.
