TAKE PART IN ENFANTS DU MEKONG ACTION A new building For

TAKE PART IN ENFANTS DU MEKONG ACTION
A new building For the primary school of Koy Meng
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www.enfantsdumekong.com
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TITRE DU PROJET
Our Local leader
Project Presentation :
Mr La Rattana, director of the primary
school of Koy Meng.
We want to build a solid three-room school building for the elementary
school of Koy Meng, to replace an old wooden building built by Children
of the Mékong in 1993. This former building no longer guarantees good
educational conditions and presents a danger for students, since the
wood is riven with termites: one of the three classrooms has already
collapsed during a storm. Currently, classes are interrupted as soon as
it rains too hard or the winds are too violent.
Number of beneficiaries :
275 pupils ares being educated this year at the
primary level aires
Project cost : 29 691 €
Project location :
Koy Meng is a little village near to Sisophon
the capital city of Banteay Meanchey. This
province, located in the North West of
Cambodia, is one of the poverest in the
world.
The project’s strong points :
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Take part in the developpment of education in Cambodia
Provide children good working conditions
Everyone has the right to study in a suitable place
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The school of Koy Meng.
General Presentation
The village of Koy Meng is situated not far from the town of Sisophon, a dozen kilometres from the
main highway and reached by roads in very bad condition. Floods are frequent in the rainy season because
a river passes through the village.
The schools accepts children from this village but also from the
neighbouring village of Stung Chas, thus more than 2,000 inhabitants in total are involved, including
almost 800 children under the age of 18. Most of the inhabitants are farmers or fishermen (83%); others
are workers and often go to seek work in Thailand (15%), or office workers (2%).
The route that crosses the village, bordering the river.
The primary school and nursery school are in the
same locale. The village of Koy Meng also possesses a
secondary school that services all the surrounding
villages and is located a few kilometers from the
primary school. Thus it is an important school that offers
children the possibility of studying conveniently through
secondary school level. The primary school this year
teaches 275 students divided into 7 classes divided
among 5 classrooms. The kindergarten has 54 children
aged 4 and 5 (the primary begins at age 6) divided into 2
The courtyard of the school and the
kindergarten building
classes.
The primary school has two buildings: a solid one with 5 rooms houses 3 classrooms, a teachers’
office, and a library, and a wooden building that houses two additional classrooms. The kindergarten is in
a separate building.
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The two buildings of the elementary school, and the library
The problèmes encounteréd
This school has long been supported by Children
of the Mékong. The wooden building was built by us in
1993, 18 years ago. Today this building is necessary for
the school and is still used, but it is in very bad
condition and has become dangerous for the students.
The wood has been eaten away by termites, and of the
three classrooms, only two remain, after part of the
building crumbled during a storm.
The wooden building
Of the three classrooms built by EDM in 1993, only two remain
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In the two classrooms of this wooden building
study conditions are difficult. Because of the risk of
collapse, classes are suspended in the event of
torrential rains or high winds, which happens
regularly in the rainy season. Moreover, as soon as it
rains, the zinc roof has holes that let water drip
onto the room.
Classes in the old building.
These poor conditions for studying diminish the attraction of children to the school, and make
many children who might continue to study instead abandon their education. Thus while during the school
year 2009-2010 the primary school had 318 pupils, it had only 275 the following year, 2010-2011.
The roof of the building has holes and the supports are eaten by termites
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The project in detail.
The new building
Faced with these difficulties, the director of the primary school, supported by the authorities of
the district and the commune, has made an application to have a new building of three classrooms for the
primary school, to replace the old building (that will be demolished).
During construction, classes that take place in the rooms of the old building could be held in the
pagoda that is situated beside the school.
This new building will allow the primary school to have three new classrooms to replace the two in
the old wooden building. The supplementary classroom will enabled a reduction in students per class,
which is all the more necessary because the new building will certainly involve an increase in the number
of pupils in years to come. In fact, the school has enough teachers to divide certain classes where there
are sometimes more than 60 students.
The building will be of concrete, with a tile roof and a tiled floor. A tiled floor will facilitate the
cleanliness of the classrooms, and the type of roof will enable keeping cool air as long as possible in the
building. The necessary furniture (benches and tables for the students, desks and chairs for the teachers
and blackboards) is also included in the project estimate.
We also foresee building toilets; in addition to guaranteeing good hygiene and teaching the
students good habits, this will facilitate access to the school for girls, for whom the lack of a washroom is
a real problem.
The new building will be modelled on other buildings constructed for EDM in the region, like this one
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Budget
An estimate was done for the building, which is offered in an appendix.
Children of the Mekong does not launch projects until all the funds are found. This is the best solution to
avoid what is sometimes encountered in Cambodia: half-constructed buildings that tumble into ruin even
before they have been used because of a financial problem encountered during construction.
The length of the search for funds requires several months’ delay between the launch of a project
and the start of construction. During this time the cost of materials often goes up. In order to cover the
inflation during this period, a margin of security of 10% is now built into the estimates for our projects. If
a balance remains at the end of a project, we then examine with the person responsible the best way of
using this sum for the beneficiaries. For the construction of a school, for example, this might consist of
buying school materials or books, a computer for the teachers, or any other material the school might
need.
To this base budget, Enfants du Mékong adds the cost of overhead, amounting to 15% of the total
budget of the project.
Thus we obtain the following budget, based on the currency exchange rate of 1 € = 1.30 $:
Estimate
In $
29,826
Margin 10%
2,983
Budget net
32,809
EdM overhead 15 %
Total Budget
In €
25,237
4,454
29,691
The total budget is 29,691 Euros.
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The teachers and representatives of the village of Koy Meng
Because it is difficult to acquire a taste for
school in dilapidated buildings, let’s give the
children of Koy Meng a new building!
A collaborative project
Enfants du Mékong does not create its own projects, but rather responds to and supports local
demands. The demand for this new building was formulated by the director of the primary school, Mr. La
Rattana, who was supported by the local authorities and the local representatives of the Ministry of
Education and Sports.
This new building will thus be built for the public school of Koy Meng, and will then be managed by
the director of the school. This very dynamic person, motivated for his school, can serve as the guarantor
of the durability of this project.
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Appendix
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> Estimate
The estimate for the new building was drawn up by Mr. Chao Seth, a businessman of Sisophon, whom
we have called upon for all the work in the Banteay Meanchey area.
This businessman does quality work, employing specialised workers and members of the local
population on whom he calls for these worksites; this enables giving work to the villages being aided and
thus involves local people in the school’s life.
Classroom equipment (tables, chairs, desk, blackboard) is included in this estimate.
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