NEPAL EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - SINDHULI (January 2019)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES (RECOVERY) It is mid-winter in Nepal and we are helping the remote communities in Bajhe and Ritthabot, Sindhuli where they live without access to electricity and proper transportation. Our new year has started with the first slab pour for the school building at Ma Vi. We are doing the finishing work at Uchha Ma Vi and are marching forward in preparation for the new school building for Saraswati school. We have identified another school near this community that also needs help: repair work, toilets and water-filtration system. Ma Vi ● Nearing completion of Phase II - Plinth beam to first floor slab, work completed includes: ○ Construction of RCC Columns and beams of first floor. (RCC is concrete that contains steel bars, called reinforcement bars, or rebars.) ○ Formwork set-up and first floor RCC slab poured. ○ Brick wall up to sill level in ground floor. ● Plinth band of toilet building poured. Bands hold brick wall sections together. ● Demolition and clearance work for the damaged/vulnerable sections of the building to be repaired has been completed. Saraswati ● Foundation work and plinth band completed. ● Brick work upto sill level completed. ● Toilets- Foundation completed and brick work upto sill level completed. Septic tank brickwork complete. Septic tank hold sewage for organic bacterial decomposition.
Uccha Ma Vi ● Toilet building with 3 pans completed. ● Septic tank construction completed. ● Construction of shallow well is completed, this will be used as the source of water for the school. A water filtration system has been installed to filter out drinking water for the school. ● Parapet wall and railing on external staircase has been completed. This will make the existing school building safer for daily use. ● Installation of playground accessories completed. ● Finished painting on the three pre-disaster buildings.