Yuva Jyoti Primary School, Dipsung

Earthquake Relief/School Reconstruction

#Education #School Reconstruction

The 2015 earthquake in Nepal caused wide-spread destruction, including many schools in Khotang. D2N’s school reconstruction initiative consisted of rebuilding 12 earthquake-safe schools (approximately 1200 students) in the villages of Dipsung, Sungdel, Rakha and Bakachol. As the Nepalese government was overwhelmed by the destruction, it is highly likely that these remote and already marginalized schools would have been rebuilt without outside help.

Below are images of our 12th school and final school, the Kalika Secondary School, which was finished in June 2019. The school was funded with remainder of monies allocated for our other 11 schools. Because the original 11 schools planned were engineered, managed and built so efficiently, money remained at the end, allowing an unplanned 12th school to be built.

The school, in Rakha, consists of three blocks of two classrooms. In addition to the images of the completed school there is an image of a public audit. After every D2N project, our local ngo managing the project must post a banner at the project site detailing all expenses for the project, thereby practicing transparency and assuring proper handling of all funds.

Check out the picture galleries depicting different aspects of the project below.

Kalika Secondary School, Rakha

The progression of Kalika Secondary School, Rakha

Public Audit, June 2019
Beginning of walls
Cement poured, rybar inserted
Cement poured, rybar inserted
Arial of Foundation
Foundation of the school
Clearing the land, starting to dig the foundation
Earthquake-damaged school

Yuva Jyoti Primary School, Dipsung

D2N’s intial project in Nepal was buying the land on which Yuva Jyoti was built. The school was destroyed in the earthquake.
Cement and rebar for the school. The rebar (rods) makes the construction earthquake safe.
Early construction
Completed school with six classrooms, grades one through five and one office. The school houses 67 students.

Local Contributions

Communities contributed 20% of the cost of the school in cash, labor or supplies. Trees being milled.
Finished lumber for Janahit Primary School
Labor and stone for Shree Chandra Primary School in Sungdel
Aggregate for Boudha School, Rakha

Befores and Afters

Bouda Primary School, Rakha, 2015
Bouda Primary School, Rakha, 2018
Singhdevi Primary School, Sungdel, 2015
Singhdevi Primary School, Sungdel, 2018
Surya Secondary School, Sungdel, 2015
Surya Secondary School, Sungdel, 2018
Biakalpik Primary School, Rakha, 2015
Biakalpik Primary School, Rakha, 2018

Kalika Secondary School, Bakachol

Kalika Secondary School is D2N's largest school: grades 1-10, 244 students, 14 teachers, a preschool, a science lab, a library, an office, and one room for extracurricular activities. D2N built five classrooms with the local community providing 20% of cost and buying the land. The school opened in 2017.
December 2016, land on which school will be built
Temporary Learning Center (TLC). During construction of all schools, students were housed in TLCs.
May 2017. All construction materials, including bags of cement, were walked to site.
May 2017
May 2017
May 2017
June 2017
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