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AFRICAN CHILDRENS SCHOOLS

No Child Too Far

Bakersfield, CA   |  www.africanchildrensschools.org

Mission

We have built 45 primary level schools in rural and tribal Ethiopia. We partner with Rift Valley Vision in Ethiopia and have about 80 teachers for 2,500 children per year in classrooms. We work with local communities of all religions to construct schools where none exist. Illiteracy is extremely high in rural Ethiopia and the country ranks one of the lowest in the world for per capita schools for children. We also build schools in large prisons throughout the country, for children who must be incarcerated with their mothers until reaching 18 years of age. We have expanded to Cradock, South Africa, Buickwe, Uganda and Luana Valley, Zambia, building new schools to improve the quality of education for African children.

Notes from the nonprofit

Dr. Peter Nalos, President of African Children's Schools, pays all of the overhead costs and travel costs out of his personal finances. All donations go to the children in Africa for schools, education and teachers salaries. Our new vision is to place Children's Schools in Ten nations from South Africa to Ethiopia. Including Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan and Uganda. This would encompass 3,300 miles. Our motto will be "From the Horn to the Cape of Africa."

Ruling year info

2016

Cardiologist

Dr. Peter Nalos

Co Principal Officer

Frederick Porter

Main address

1400 Fieldspring Dr

Bakersfield, CA 93311 USA

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EIN

81-1490071

NTEE code info

Primary/Elementary Schools (B24)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

Rural (S32)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We build schools for rural and inner city children in regions where no schools exists. We are trying to eliminate illiteracy in Africa and by doing this we will also decrease poverty. We are currently working in Ethiopia, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. We have built almost 50 schools as of the end of 2018, with over 3,000 children getting an education.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

New Rural Schools in Ethiopia

We construct new schools for three levels of elementary education and first grade in rural communities in Ethiopia. They are 2,200 Sq Ft with concrete foundations, cinder block walls, steel roofs with desks, chairs, blackboards and a large dry latrine. We pay two teachers with 75 children per classroom and supply educational materials for learning. We have built 45 schools and have recently started work with the Hamer tribe government to open 10 more schools with a feeding and education program. These schools had been closed due to malnutrition and lack of education materials. We have about 3,000 children in schools in Ethiopia. Sixteen schools need a nutritional program for children due to lack of resources.

Population(s) Served
Non-adult children

In Ethiopia, children must go to prison with their mothers until the age of 18 years. In many large prisons there are 60 to 100 women incarcerated who have 40 to 60 children living with them. We build special homes for the women with children and build schools for the children as well. We supply teachers, desks, chairs, blackboards and education materials for each school.

Population(s) Served
Non-adult children

We are building two large schools (3,800 sq ft) in Craddock, South Africa. There will provide about ten new classrooms for educating about 500 children per year. We also care for 200 HIV affected children in a day home in the same city, providing them with food, shelter and education. We support a school for disabled children on the same premises with full time teachers.

Population(s) Served
Non-adult children

We have built 5 schools for grade K through 8 in tribal Zambia for the Tsoli tribe. this will serve almost 500 children. We are planning to build two more schools as the number of children has increased.

Population(s) Served
Indigenous peoples
Children and youth

We are partnering with an organization in Kenya to build three children's schools near Mount Elgon and Kitale area. This is for young girls who have been severely abused and have babies of their own needing schools. Roselyn Mairori is the national leader for this project in Nairobi, Kenya.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
People of African descent

We have built a large academic center in Buickwe city near Kampala. We have about 400 children attending now from kindergarten to grade eight. We have 150 poor and orphaned children who live at the center fulltime in dormitories. We are continuing to expand to 600 children and twenty teachers and will be building more dormitories, teacher's housing and classrooms.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Multiracial people

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We want to build schools throughout Ethiopia to combat very high rural illiteracy rates. We want children with no schools to get an education. We want to move children from manual farm labor to education and to return to enhance their own communities.

We work with Afro Children's Schools in Ethiopia. They arrange all travel and community meetings and hire laborers, architects, teachers and supervise all building projects. They provide photographic evidence of completion and organize follow up site visits. We wire them funds on a regular basis to accomplish our goal.

We have accomplished the construction of 42 schools in the last five years throughout several thousand miles of roads and educated 10,000 children during that time period. We wish to continue to grow, as the need is desperate and results outstanding. We have personal assets to cover all of our travel costs and administration costs so that donors will get 100% of their contribution going to Africa to build schools. We are a very passionate organization and will go to the ends of the country to educate an Ethiopian child.

We have built 50 schools total in 5 African Nations and plan to build many more. We are expanding existing schools in Ethiopia to build new classrooms for higher grade levels and have expanded our program to many more African nations.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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AFRICAN CHILDRENS SCHOOLS

Board of directors
as of 03/27/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Dr. Peter Nalos

African Children's Schools

Term: 2016 - 2022


Board co-chair

Fred Porter

African Children's Schools

Term: 2016 - 2022

Peter Nalos

African Children's Schools

Fred Porter

Pascual Munoz

Sharon Saenz

Olivia Opre

Diana award Winner, Safari Club International

Thomas Opre

Shepherds of Wildlife

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 11/11/2021
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 11/10/2021

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.