Our project is now fully funded from donations, grants and fundraising. The overall project we are now working on is much larger and we can still do more if we get further funding. It can fall in to two parts but both are so complimentary to each other. The first part is working with the Rotary Club of the Himalayan Gurkhas in rebuilding and building toilets at 8 schools. The second is to provide teaching and education to the staff and teachers, using First Steps Himalaya (First Steps Nepal) a registered charity with professional resources in education and training.
Overall the project to provide school sanitation and education in Nepal, after the devastation of the earthquakes, has started and is work in progress. The rebuilding and building project will possibly take up to 12 months being weather dependent. Not only have we provided the materials and labour to start to help build and re-build the school toilets etc. but the First Steps Himalaya Charity has started its part of the project by delivering the education to staff and teachers required to compliment the project. The staff are now more aware of new teaching methods and sanitary education to deliver this in a holistic approach . This part of the project (approx. one third in total cost) will complete over the next 3 -4 years.
The Rotary Club of the Himalayan Gurkhas are controlling the funding, for the build/re-build, we send them and are accounting regularly to us. As the project progresses the costs are monitored by us as well and ensure they are in line with the budgets set.
There has already been one amendment to the plans in that we are now providing more facilities per child/staff member than originally anticipated. We have increased the ratio of facilities to the number of users, which will help tremendously. This small additional cost is still within the budget.
At present there is little to mention other than action is now happening and speaks louder than words. Please look at the Clubs Facebook pages and see what is happening in real time. Go to https://www.facebook.com/kirriemuirrotary/
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