The Moruya-based Asha Foundation is continuing aid work in Nepal after the country was devastated by two earthquakes in April.
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The not-for-profit organisation supports a school in Bhadratar and two children’s homes in Kathmandu.
In the past two weeks, Asha has provided floor matting for a village school in a valley near Bhadratar.
Foundation president Pauline Gleeson said Asha would not commit to providing new classrooms for the neighbouring village’s school until aid work in Bhadratar was finished.
“Most of the classrooms have been destroyed and the students are in makeshift classrooms until new ones can be built,” she said.
“At least they have something to sit on, rather than dirt.”
However, Mrs Gleeson said plans for a new school at Bhadratar were underway.
“It will be built out of UVPC, which is earthquake proof,” she said.
“Our staff are organising the final costing and a construction date now.
“Along with five new classrooms, there will be new toilets in the same material.
“This is wonderful as the old toilets were unusable and the students relieved themselves in the fields.”
“Asha will also provide whiteboards for every classroom and, depending on the state of the benches and seats, we will provide them too.
“These new classrooms and toilet blocks will be coming up from Kathmandu in panels,” Mrs Gleeson said.
“They will be erected by people working for the prefab company with help from the villagers.
“The site has been cleared of debris by the Nepali Army and villagers.”
At present the students are attending school under tarpaulins and tin sheets and, the lucky ones, in two surviving rooms.
“The monsoon has begun, so the sooner we can get the prefab rooms up to the village the better,” Mrs Gleeson said.