FIDR is a non-governmental organization working to support children in developing countries and people affected by disasters.
The following are the three reasons for the delay of safe school buildings construction in Nepal.
First of all, Nepal is a rugged mountainous country. It is far more difficult to transport building material along the narrow unpaved mountain roads comparing to flat road. It gets even tougher in rainy season, as landslides often occur in intermountain area.
To build up safe quakeproof buildings, it is essential to employ reinforced concrete structure. That means it is necessary to bring heavy material such as cement, bricks and steel from the outside of the village. If the village is located in the mountain area and farther from the town, construction work gets even harder.
The second reason is long period of political unstableness and the financial weakness of this country.
Countryfs tax revenue is not enough to cover the cost of reconstructing school buildings; therefore, local communities have to raise contribution from the public or fund-raise from the foreign countries through the government. In those cases, to build the classroom is likely to be considered as the first priority while the toilet facility often comes after.
Lastly, they have limitations in the technical aspect. In the mountain area, there are few construction workers who have rich experience to raise the reinforced concrete building. Also most of the supervisors at construction site are in the urban area.
Even the architectural drawings are perfect for the earthquake-proof characteristics, if the workmanship is not enough, it would come to nothing.
Under these circumstances, FIDR had finished construction buildings for six schools so far.
Now, the local communities and the government in Ramechhap and Dhading districts determined which school needs help for their classrooms and toilet urgently, and they requested us to help.
1. | Setting up the meeting by the local peoplefs initiative for planning and operating the project |
2. | Constructing the school buildings (for two schools) EShiva Basic School ESiddajyoti Harimishra Basic School @ Note: Both schools have the pre-school students up until the students at the age of year eight, in total nine years. |
3. | Building the school toilet facility (for five schools) |
4. | Running workshop for facility management and cleaning schools and training teachers |
5. | Monitoring the community |