she s been krbting to that k.i.n.d. fund and helped us raise so far $7,936,595. that s been just an incredible burst of generosity from you to get us to this point. also talked to you about the importance of girls education and why we added a girls scholarship fund to the k.i.n.d. fund because high school is not free in malawi and other african countries. and girls are usually the kids in the family who don t get the tuition money if the family has any tuition money, to send one of the kids to school. and so we have created a fund just for sending girls to school in malawi. there s an ur gent need to get more girls in school and we crossed, as you know, this week, we ve crossed the $1 million mark on that fund. we are at $1,057,792 for girls
i ve been telling you this week, the kids in need of desks fund. these desks that we have built in malawi in africa and then delivered to african schools that have never seen desks for students, never seen desks, the teachers never had desks. she s been krbting to that k.i.n.d. fund and helped us raise so far $7,936,595. that s been just an incredible burst of generosity from you to get us to this point. also talked to you about the importance of girls education and why we added a girls scholarship fund to the k.i.n.d. fund because high school is not free in malawi and other african countries. and girls are usually the kids in the family who don t get the tuition money if the family has any tuition money, to send one
school is free and high school is not. in malawi where i ve been trying to help girls go to high school, a few families can afford the tuition in high school, even though some students it s about $50 a year. and the families who do manage to come up with that kind of tuition money usually spend it on the boys in the family rather than the girls. only 7% of girls in malawi finish high school. that s why the k.i.n.d. fund established a girls scholarship program in addition to our school desks program. and when i conceived of the k.i.n.d. fund four years ago, i wanted to keep it simple, very simple. kids in need of desks. i wanted to get these desks into school schools in africa where teachers and students had never seen desks. simple, affordable concept, also a job program for workers in african factories who make these
a few families can afford the tuition in high school, even though some students it s about $50 a year. and the families who do manage to come up with that kind of tuition money usually spend it on the boys in the family rather than the girls. only 7% of girls in malawi finish high school. that s why the k.i.n.d. fund established a girls scholarship program in addition to our school desks program. and when i conceived of the k.i.n.d. fund four years ago, i wanted to keep it simple, very simple. kids in need of desks. i wanted to get these desks into schools in africa where teachers and students had never seen desks. simple, affordable concept, also a job program for workers in african factories who make these desks that we then deliver to schools that have never had desks. not schools that didn t have enough desks.
water slide. all wrapped within a 64-foot lazy river. but this isn t turks and caicos. it s lubbock, texas. and the two-acre water park is just one section of the student recreation center of texas tech university. i just heard of a couple of friends that go to universities that have lap pool kind of deals. it s just cool to tell them about our luxurious river. reporter: with competition for tuition money ramping up, schools now justify the high cost of construction as important for recruiting and keeping students. and at texas tech, the $8.4 million water complex is doing its job. i was like, sweet. a pool. reporter: enrollment this year at an all-time high. i wanted to come here for my major specifically but when i saw they had a lazy river, that definitely moved it up on my top priority list. reporter: even with the average tuition nearing $40,000