Month: September 2017

  • Chilaune School Building Handed Over

    Chilaune School Building Handed Over

    Following the April 25, 2015 earthquake, COMMITTED, in addition to providing relief and emergency assistance to the affected in Thanapglkot, supported Chilaune School with a couple of work.

    One was the reconstruction of two classroom blocks, which was handed over to the community last February. CMMITTED was represented by the Executive Director Jayjeev Hada, Senior Program Coordinator Kecher Acharya and Program Coordinator Gautam Lamichhane Magar at the function.

    Chilaune School children preparing the block for the function.

    COMMITTED Team Members with other officials after the inauguration.

    The other was funding the construction of a fence around what was originally conceived as the multi-purpose court. Construction of the court had begun just before the earthquake. Unfortunately, the quake damaged the court and it had to be fixed. Both the fence and renovation of the court were carried out with left-over funds from the original multi-purpose court. The funding for the court came from Nemira, a business our friends in Switzerland run.

    The fence around the multi-purpose court. (This photo was taken from a post on Chilaune School Facebook page abut the project. Click here to see the post.)

    The newly renovated multi-purpose court. (This photo was taken from a post on Chilaune School Facebook page abut the project. Click here to see the post.)

    Here’s a video of the progress of the construction and the condition of the multi-purpose court in May 2016.

    For more on the above follow the links below:

    • Click here to go a Facebook Post on COMMITTED’s page, posted on March 11, 2016, showing the progress of the reconstruction.
    • Click here to go a Facebook Post on COMMITTED’s page, posted on March 16, 2016, showing the progress of the reconstruction.
    • Click here to go to a Facebook Post on COMMITTED’s page, posted on Feb. 21, 2017, about the handover.
    • Click here to go to a Facebook Post on Chilaune School’s page also about the handover.
    • Click here for a blog post, published on June 21, 2016, containing financial details of the project as reported to the District Education Office the preceding week.
    • Click here for the April 28, 2016 Facebook post about the progress of the project.
    • Click here for the March 12, 2015 Facebook post about our friends Michael and Elias’ visit to Thangpalkot when they committed to fund the construction of a multi-purpose court at Chilaune school.
    • Click here for the March 14, 2015 Nemira Facebook post about Michael and Elias’ visit.

     

  • Taltuleshwori School Handed Over To Community

    Taltuleshwori School Handed Over To Community

    Last February, a little over a year since commencing the reconstruction of Taltuleshwori School in Thangpalkot, Sindhupalchok, we were finally able to hand it over to the community in a small ceremony conducted at the school.

    In addition to COMMITTED Team Members, including Executive Director Jayjeev Hada, Program Coordinator Gautam Lamichhane Magar and Senior Program Coordinator Khechar Acharya, members of the School Management Committee, school staff and local community members were present at the formal ceremony.

    A glimpse of the ceremony.

    Executive Director inaugurates the new school buildings.

    Executive Director Jayjeev, other COMMITTED members and school officials after the inauguration.

    Executive Director Jayjeev speaks at the ceremony.

    The school with the students on the grounds.

    As an organization, COMMITTED frowns upon such ceremonies and have been doing what it can to eliminate all or parts of such formal functions. More than anything, such functions in Nepal serve as platforms for people who have a knack for talking, among other things!

    Here’s what the school looked like in early May 2016 when school had resumed following the completion of reconstruction of most of the academic blocks.

    For more about the reconstruction of the school follow the links below.

    • Click here for a Facebook post about the handover ceremony.
    • Click here for the first (January 16, 2016) blog post about COMMITTED’s decision to rebuilt the school and the initial phase of the project.
    • Click here for a February 2, 2016 update on the progress of the project.
    • Click here for another blog post (published on Feburary 11, 2016) about the school and our efforts.
    • Click here for a February 18, 2016 update on the progress of the project.
    • Click here for a May 4, 2016, Facebook post about the completion of the first phase of the reconstruction project.
    • Click here for a May 6, 2016, Facebook post about the progress of the reconstruction.
    • Click here for a blog post published on June 21, 2016 containing financial details of the project as reported to the District Education Office the preceding week.