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- EIN 26-1505120
- (303) 940-2502
- 7088 Estes Dr Arvada CO 80004 USA
- www.scopeint.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education
Mission: Scope partners with impoverished rural school communities to create a model
Programs: Creating libraries in rural kenya - the program consisted of collecting, sorting, repairing, boxing and shipping 87,000 used fiction, non-fiction, and reference books from denver, colorado to 20 rural schools and 2 community libraries in southwest kenya. Kenyan community involvement included renovating a room, building shelves, and building or purchasing furniture. Scope paid for all transportation and port fees and presented libarary management workshops. The population served was 16,254.
tree farming - a long term tree farming program was started at 40 schools. Tree seedlings for producing lumber and fruit were provided, including 4,000 banana trees and 23,000 lumber-producing trees.
wash training program - this program identified 40 school community volunteers for wash training by public health specialists. Community health volunteers then conducted workshops at their designated schools.
other programs in kenya associated with schools as described.