
Lionsraw Project
Durban, South Africa
Carren Tarr working with the local builders on the Durban Lionsraw Project
CHEP has partnered with the Lionsraw movement to provide financial support and physical labour for the construction of a primary school in Durban. The Lionsraw project mobilises passionate volunteers to improve communities in developing regions.
With the nearest school six kilometres away, local children were walking along a dangerous road up a steep slope to attend school. An average of six children were being killed on the road each year by fast moving trucks. The Durban community asked the CHEP volunteers to contribute to building the primary school to give local children safer, closer access to education. Since the initial project CHEP Durban has established a long term partnership with the school assisting with general facilities projects and educational resources for the children.