Sailung is located in the east of Nepal about 11 hours from Kathmandu at the foot of the Himalayas. There was no good school in Sailung itself. Children had to walk to a nearby area for that. In 2016
Krishna Shrestha started a home school to give the children in Sailung access to good education. The current school building was opened on April 2, 2017.
The current school consists of 5 classrooms and is made up of tree trunks and corrugated iron without windows. The floor consists of tamped clay soil. There is no heating and the wind blows in through the slits. The plumbing consists of a rickety structure containing two children's squat toilets that drain to a hole dug behind the building.
In winter it is very cold in the school and the snow blows in. In the summer it is very hot. There is a need for more classrooms, better sanitary facilities, a kitchenette, more teachers and a teachers' residence. The latter because of the distance to and the difficult journey to and from the city.
Currently, 62 children attend education at the Ton Memorial School. The children are divided into four groups and two teachers. Much attention is also paid to the English language. The school prepares the children for further education. The number of students is expected to grow to about 120 students in 2024.
The planned capacity of the new school:
Now 2 years later in 2020 there is a business plan for the school with a corresponding building plan for a new sound school building with 12 classrooms to be built in the period 2020-2024.
Fase 1 in de periode 2020 – 2021 : 8 lokalen en fase 2 in de periode 2021-2024 : 4 lokalen.
We can only achieve this together with the help of all donations.
Consultations were held with three construction companies with regard to the possibilities and budget for the construction of the new school building in two phases.
Ultimately, it was decided to do the project with local builders. A detailed cost estimate is available.
| Labor #days | 1200 |
| bags of cement | 1225 |
| Bricks | 18608 |
| etc | etc |
This results in a total amount for the
FIRST PHASE from: almost €75.000,-
TWEEDE FASE from: almost €50.000,-
De aanleg van een toegangs “weg” via een stukje land van de buurman was een super actie. Hierdoor kunnen de vrachtwagentjes tot op het bouwterrein komen wat heel heel veel sleepwerk scheelt. Ook de inzet van de bulldozer voor het maken van de hoge keermuur en het graven van de grote funderingsgaten heeft bijgedragen aan de vliegende start. Op een gegeven moment waren er 20 mannen aan het werk om de bulldozer die beperkt beschikbaar was bij te kunnen houden.
Veel ijzerwerk en beton verwerkt in de fundatie om alles aardbevingsbestendig te maken. Allemaal handwerk. Mannen waren wat blij toen de grote betonmixer uit Kathmandu was gekomen want dat scheelt hen enorm veel zwaar werk.
Nadat de funderingspoten met brede stenen muurtjes zijn verbonden is het bouwterrein met de bulldozer, toen die weer eens in de buurt was, geëgaliseerd.
Alle palen zijn tot de hoogte van de verdiepingsvloer gemaakt.
Met stenen van de steenfabriek uit de buurt, 5 uur rijden, zijn de eerste muurtjes gemetseld.
