Helping Hands raised funds to improve the facilities at Semjong Primary School in Rasuwa. A report was prepared by our colleagues in Nepal, the team at Real Himalaya. The cost of the building part of this project was over £10,000. We have completed the building, but there is still much more to do.
School: Semjong Basic School,
Address: Daarghari, Naukunda Rural Municipality ward No 6, Rasuwa, Nepal
- Teachers: 6
- Staff: 1
- Students: 73 (Boys – 36, Girls – 37)
- ECD (Early Child Development) Class: 24 (boys – 15, girls- 9)
- Class 1 : 11 (boys – 4, girls – 7 )
- Class 2 : 13 (boys – 6, girls – 7 )
- Class 3 : 17 (boys – 10, girls – 7 )
- Class 4 : 9 (boys – 1, girls – 8 )
- School: 1 building having 3 rooms only
- Toilet: 1 boy and 1 girl toilet
The school was running on a room-sharing basis for 2 classes in one room. The school required 5 rooms for class, 1 teacher/office room and 1 room for kitchen and storage. Total 7 rooms. Helping Hands for Nepal helped to build the additional 4 rooms.
Current 3-room school building
Temporary classroom
Sharing classroom
New Proposed Building
Real Himalaya met with the school team. The school have received one small project funded by the local rural municipality to build one level structure with having 2 classrooms, this part of the project was completed in July 2023. After this building, they now have 5 rooms and still need 2 rooms.
The school team requested Real Himalaya and Helping Hands for Nepal to build additional classrooms above this new block. This building has RCC on top so it was possible to add an additional truss structure above that and create 2 rooms.
Recommendation:
After discussion with the school team and our technical team, it was recommended that the Helping Hands for Nepal team build a truss structure above the newly constructed building and create 2 classrooms. The school has no spare space for building another new construction at ground level and this will be the most cost-effective option. This construction will have CGI steel roof with falls ceiling.
Under construction building
Room: 2 with stairs between classes to go 1st floor.
Total size of construction: 42 x 15 feet and height 9 feet
Classroom size: 14 x 13 feet
Proposed 1st-floor plan
Base size: 45 x 18 feet
Room size: 14 x 13 feet – 2 rooms with a height 9 feet
Truss roof: 46 x 20 feet
Request to Helping Hands for Nepal
- One truss building having with 2 classrooms
- Desk Bench in the classroom for students x 14
- Mini table for ECD children x 4