Posts Tagged ‘School Building Project’

The old school compares to the new school.

A school building project in Champasak Province.

Checking out the school building project in Champasak Province.

Visiting Dannavieng Elementary School in Champasak Province.

A return to Dannavieng Elementary School on Saturday to check out the building.

A visit to home of our school building project in Champassak Province.

Checking out the progress of the school building project in Champassak Province.

Home of our school building project in Champassak Province.

A visit to Dannavieng Elementary School in Champassak Province.

At the moment the debate is going on about the condition of the Kindergarten classroom. It is not healthy for them to be studying in a place where it is quite dirty. First option is to have the little ones switch places with the fifth graders. The second option is to put a halt on finishing up the new school and build a new pre-school. Going with the second option is appealing because the few preschoolers can relocate across the streets while the construction it taking place. But this would also mean no concrete floor for the new school nor doors and windows for awhile.

I went back to Dannavieng Elementary School on October 18, 2008. For those of you that are not familiar with this school, Dannavieng is home to our Book Box Library and the School Building Project. As you can see from the video clips and the photos, the new building is quite large at 8 meters wide by 50 meters long.

During my visit to Dannavieng Elementary School, the superintendent informed me there is no budget for the continuation of the building project because a new road to the temple was much needed. The annual collection for the school building project is 100,000 Kips per family. It would be impossible to fund the new road at also the school building project within the same year since the collection for the new road was a burden for many villagers. The contribution was based on how many vehicles a family own and for some families they had to dish out 400,000 Kips to 500,000 Kips (at that time it was about 40 to 50 Euros) to fund the new paved road.

Here are a few video clips that I made  on October 17, 2008 of the students at Dannavieng Elementary. The newly built but incomplete school has been in full session for the second year. Thanks to the generosity of Friends of the NLL, Lao Cook, and Nye Noona, these students were able to make use of the new building earlier than anticipated. Despite having dirt floor, no doors and no windows, the students are happy to be studying inside and realized they are better off than many schools in the area and are in a much better position than they once were. Many thanks to the donors for their support of Dannavieng School Building Project. You are all invited for the grand opening ceremony whenever it can be held. We will keep you posted of any updated news on Dannavieng Elementary School.

The last set of photos from my visit to Dannavieng Elementary School on October 17, 2008. This is the fourth grade class and they were busy with their reading time.

Additional photos of my visit to Dannavieng Elementary School in Champassak Province. This is the third grade class and they are busy with drawing various tools like basket or a fishing net.

On October 17, 2008 I made a visit to Dannavieng Elementary School in Muang Phonethong, Champasak Province. This is one of the four schools that received a Book Box Library in February of 2007. Dannavieng Elementary School also received additional financial assistance with their school building project.

The school kept us posted on the progress of the project (Dannavieng’s school building project updated news, Updated news from Dannavieng school) and even though the new building is not quite completed, school was in full session since the fall of 2007.