school extension
4 classrooms are still 2 Because of the Corona measures, the relocation of the school building has been delayed somewhat. It also turned out that the price of the necessary materials on the market in the neighboring village (1 hour drive) was very pricey. So I waited until Makar (president of the school) to return with the truck […]
Started with a new teacher !!
We are happy to report that the school has started again and the education team in Sailung has been expanded to include Miss Dabaki Shrestha. Dabaki has a higher Management degree. A special start immediately after the Corona lockdown. Not all schools in the region have already started and to avoid confusion, […]
An experience you will never forget, Dec 2018 Sailung
On request, Dion Smit recently wrote a report of his stay in Sailung Nepal. Dion was a teacher at the ROC in Amersfoort and Utrecht and decided in 2018 to make a long trip in Asia with a stay in Sailung at the beginning of his trip to teach there. An experience to […]
Collecting tree trunks for the new classrooms
In Sailung the school is closed due to holidays and Coronavirus. It is still unclear when the schools may open again. According to the schedule, the current school will be moved and expanded with 2 classrooms. This is done with minimal means, thin tree trunks from the forest and corrugated iron. May 19, 2020 The frame for the new setup of […]
Nature works against you, landslide
This morning I received a message from Krishna that a part of the wall that had recently been made as a partition from the school ground has been flushed away. The rainy season has started very early this year. On average, there is almost 1000mm of rain in Sailung in the period from May to September. It was expected that initially limited […]
Wall on edge of school grounds
When leveling the school grounds, a plateau was created which protrudes 1 to 2 meters above the lower ground. To prevent all soil from washing away during the rainy season, a wall has been made by a number of local craftsmen. A true work of art.
Donation school desk frames
The director Bina Basnet of the orphanage Orchid Garden Kathmandu has donated a number of used school desk frames. We are very pleased with this and can set up the 5th room that we will build in April. Transfer School desks Mrs. Bina Refurbish school desks from Kathmandu Thank you for having received a new set of used school desk frames […]
Saw them yourselves: 80 trees donation
Last week Krishna was approached by the local forest manager asking him if he would like to have 80 large trees for the new school. Beams and support posts can be cut from these.
Visit building contractor from Kathmandu
De bouwonderneming uit Kathmandu alwaar een aanvraag voor offerte voor de bouw van het nieuwe schoolgebouw is besproken zijn naar Sailung gekomen om de situatie op locatie te bekijken. 3 heren zijn op 2 motoren uit Katmandu naar Sailung gekomen, een reis van 140 km waarover ze ruim 7 uur hebben gedaan. Men wil het […]
Working visit Jan Post Sailung
Na nauw overleg is besloten om een werkbezoek aan Sailung te brengen om het schoolproject in de voortgang te ondersteunen. 24 oktober 2019 ben ik, Jan, zwager van Ton van den Brink, op reis gegaan naar Nepal. Sailung ligt “slechts” 140km van de hoofdstad Kathmandu, de reis per 4 wiel-aangedreven vrachtwagen duurde door de zeer […]
