Funds for the project have been raised through bake sales, talent shows, dances, corporate sponsors,[REF] and in 2015 the students of Westwood Senior High School published their first children's book "Bakuru and the School on the Hill"[REF] .
The project has been officially endorsed by Lt.-General Romeo Dallaire, a former UN Commander; the Burundi government; Greg Mortensen (internationally-bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea); Primus Online, Aeroplan, and Facebook Canada.