There was a dream . . .
"A School Room for the School Student"

Dahachowk V.D.C – 9 is also one of the places very close to Kathmandu. The main occupation of the people is agriculture. There is one school named Shree Janachaetana Primary School. This is a government school but the government is not providing even the very basic facilities to the school.

Currently, the school house has one room. Using grass and bamboo they made two classrooms. The school is running classes up to grade three . For two classes there are separate classrooms but for the students of the third class, there must be sharing of space with the other grades. There are two teachers who have to cover three classes at the same time and they even do not have their office room.

There is a great problem with drinking water and the toilets. Students have to run to the field and use it as a bathroom.

This is the residential area for the people. There are 79 houses and in the 79 households are 45 children of school age. More then 50% of school age children are not school going. Many want to be in school!

Most of the residents of that village are illiterate. They are of the Tamang ethnic group. Most of the villagers are very poor.

Shree Janachaetana primary school is the only school in the village. The school house is located in the middle of the village. People of that area are not able to send their children to other places because of distance, political condition and economical crisis. So, children who have completed the course up-to grade three are compelled to stop their education. School teachers and the school management committee are talking about extending the school to grade five. 

This is the school where WF organized several free health camps for the poor people.

Objective of the program:

• To make school building into six rooms.
• To provide children good class rooms where they have a good sound environment in which to study.
• To motivate the parent of the children to sent their children at school.
• To make good based for the community.

Activities of the program:

• Convince the local people to contribute their time to make school as community school.
• To make local committee to make the school building. Start to construct he building : Volunteers can support to build the house physically too.

Budgeting:

• Actually they need five more rooms but even one room will be very supportive for the student.
• To build clay and stone or the using the local materials for each rooms it cost Nrs. 80000. 
• The Women's Foundation would like to help them to make four rooms.
• Total cost for four rooms will be Nrs 320,000.(Three hundred twenty thousand Nepali rupees) 
• But if we will have 80000. we can make one room and try to find another room next time.

Go to views of the school and children from Renu Sharma at The Women's Foundation

Source: Renu Sharma, The Women's Foundation