As established via Tracka X post and in the subsequent article in April 2024, expressing the horrible and unconducive conditions of Kuchichacha’s blocks of classrooms, with cracked and broken walls, worn-out furniture and tales of how classes were often suspended due to the excessively leaking roofs during rainy season, and how lack of a clean water source further exacerbated the challenges faced by both pupils and teachers, making learning epileptic and almost impossible. This was the apprehensive condition the school battled with for over 11 straight years.
Right from our entry point into the community in May 2023, we have maintained the trajectory of guiding the community in the much sought after overhaul for the school. From our community townhall meeting with the community members, parents, and local leaders, encouraging them to come together to raise their voices and make demands on this pertinent need, until their is a from wishful thinking to bricks-and-mortar reality.
This we remained consistent on, until the needed attention from the office of Community and Social Development Project in the Federal Capital Territory (CSDP-FCT) through a community letter. (CSDP is a national flagship project co-funded by the World Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria in 28 states including FCT. The programme provides grants for human capital development of communities and vulnerable groups to enable them to embark on various development agenda, with special focus on Education, Health, Rural Electrification, potable water supply, Transportation).
The needs letter written to the agency and other relevant offices like the Ministry of Education, UBEC, FCT Senator and Minister. But the one to CSDP-FCT caught the expected attention and was approved. In September, 2025, the renovation of one Block of 3 classrooms and the construction of a functional borehole within the school premises commenced and this marked a turning point for the school and the entire Kuchichacha community, which had always longed for a safe and conducive environment for its pupils to learn.
Throughout the phase lift period which lasted for two months, from September to October, 2025, the project was implemented in close collaboration with the community members, who contributed their time, labour, and local materials to ensure its successful completion.
According to Mrs Rachael Kauna, wife of the community head, “Our children now see reasons to go school instead of going to farm. Before now, without the roofing, we don’t allow them to go school, we tell them to go to the farms because of the ugly state of their school, but now, they are eager to go to school because of the new building they see. I am also particularly glad with the borehole in the school which is now very useful for us”.
The School’s headmaster Mr Aguma James said “I was extremely elated when I heard that work will be starting but that was short-lived because of the several unfulfilled promises from different quarters. But I, the staff and even the pupils became happier when the work commenced, progressed and now completed. We now have good infrastructure, good classrooms, proper attendance and enrollment (20 more pupils have joined us). Not just that, there is also potable water, meaning the pupils don’t have to go home to get water after break, we are all now regular in school as rain no longer disturb us, we thank Tracka and CSDP-FCT for this project, it is a life saver”
In October, 2025, when revisited the school, we discovered a freshly renovated block of 3 classrooms with tiled floor, changed roofs, sliding window, blackboard and a borehole facility have been delivered to Kuchichacha LEA Primary School. This stands as a symbolic example of how advocacy and government intervention can bring about lasting change. This intervention has not only improved educational infrastructure but also restored hope, dignity, and pride to the people of Kuchichacha. It demonstrates that when communities unite and institutions respond with commitment, transformation is inevitable.
Story by: Osiyemi Joshua and Garba Abdullahi
