Education Nepal Project #15934

Better Schools in Rural Nepal!

by Educate the Children

Project Report | May 27, 2014
Spring 2014 update: Better Schools in Rural Nepal

By Lisa Lyons | U.S. Director

Girl in grade 2 at Manedanda PS

Month by month, the schools with which Educate the Children is currently working in Dolakha District, Nepal are becoming better and more appealing places for children to spend their days learning and playing!

Since the beginning of March, ETC has completed important school improvement work at 18 schools in this rural area. The work has included providing furniture and making infrastructure improvements - painting, wall plastering, window grille installation, drinking water pipe installation, and school grounds improvements.

For each school, parents, teachers, and community members have been actively involved in the work. This "community contribution" is a keystone of ETC's success: By enlisting the active support of the local residents, we know that the work we do is both welcome and useful! Community contributions for these school improvement activities have included provision and transportation to the schools of the wood and other materials; labor to install slides, window grilles, and water pipes; and painting/plastering labor.

Below is a list of what we have accomplished at each school. (Please note that PS stands for Primary School, LSS stands for Lower Secondary School, and HSS stands for Higher Secondary School.)

Kshamawati HSS: 15 sets desks/benches
Manedanda PS: 15 sets desks/benches, 1 playground slide
Bhumeshori PS: Painting, 1 cupboard
Sundrawati LSS: Painting, 1 playground slide
Lamanagi LSS: 1 cupboard, 1 slide
Mahadevsthan PS: 1 cupboard
Bosimpa PS: 1 cupboard
Saraswoti Vidya Mandir PS: Plastering in 3 rooms
Saraswati Biddyamandir PS: 1 cupboard
Suryadaya LSS: 1 cupboard
Majuwa PS: 1 cupboard
Kalinag HSS: 1 slide
Devisthan LSS: 1 slide
Janata LSS: 1 slide
Saraswoti PS: Grounds improvements/maintenance and construction of supporting wall, 1 cupboard
Devisthan PS: Painting, installation of drinking water pipes, 1 cupboard
Jagaran Bhimeshwor PS: 10 sets desks/bench, installation of window grilles,1 cupboard, 1 slide
Guranse PS: 1 slide

ETC is still working to secure the community contribution commitments from parents and teachers at four or five schools, so that the remainder of the planned work can be accomplished. We will be delighted to share that progress with you in a future report. Until then, please know how grateful we are for your support in making all of this possible!

Grade 1 children at Manedanda PS

Sundrawati LSS

Slide installed and in high demand!

Painting and window treatments

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Feb 28, 2014
Better Schools in Rural Nepal: March 2014 Update

By Lisa Lyons | U.S. Director

An example of a plastered and painted building

Students and their teachers in the rural Dolakha District of east central Nepal are enjoying great improvements to their schools, thanks to ETC and YOUR support!

For many years, ETC has been committed to improving the quality of education in Nepal. This means not only ensuring that children from impoverished families can attend school, and that teachers are well trained; it also means that classrooms and school buildings are safe, attractive places to learn.

During the past several months, we have completed the following work:

Toilet construction at Kalinag Higher Secondary School and Majhuwa Primary School. In addition to being important for public health, toilets give menstruating girls a place to change their sanitary cloths in private. If they do not have access to toilets at school, they often stay home for one week out of every four, and are at increased risk of dropping out altogether.
Painting and installing window grills at Janata Lower Secondary School and Mahadevsthan Primary School.
Furniture (desks, benches, round tables) provided to Tamrakoshika Lower Secondary School and Sitka Secondary School.
Roof maintenance at Guranse Primary School.
Two classrooms plastered at Lamanagi Lower Secondary School.
Steel cupboards for storage provided to ten schools.

Current and immediately upcoming activities include:

Eight school playgrounds will have new slides installed.
A number of schools are working with ETC to arrange for the "community contributions" (in-kind donations of labor and materials) that help make all of this work possible. For example, parents and school personnel frequently work together to install the playground equipment, or to procure the stones that are used as components of the foundation for new toilet facilities. ETC has a strong track record of obtaining these community contributions, which help ensure that the work is fully supported locally and that it is what the residents need and want to have accomplished.

Community members and school personnel have expressed great satisfaction with the work that has already been accomplished. In the coming months, we look forward to improving the educational environment for hundreds more students and teachers in rural Nepal!

Small round tables for very young children

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