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Chinese NGO starts rebuilding quake-damaged school in Nepal
Chinese NGO starts rebuilding quake-damaged school in Nepal
Source: Xinhua
Published: 2017/5/1 7:56:22
The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), a Chinese NGO, started rebuilding a quake-damaged school in Nepal on Sunday.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Mahendra Adarsha Vidyashram public school was held in Nepal's Lalitpur district with the presence of Chinese delegates, local leaders, students and their parents.
The school is being rebuilt by the CFPA under the financial support from He Daofeng and his wife Angela He. He is the former executive vice president of the CFPA.
The program is expected to provide a safe study space for almost 1,000 students.
"This school is for common people and families. It can provide opportunity of quality education and vocational training to needy. I always want to help the people who need it the most," He told Xinhua.
Mahendra Adarsha Vidyashram founded in 1958 is a well-known public secondary school in the Valley. Out of two buildings damaged during the devastating earthquake in 2015, one building is being constructed under the Chinese support while the school management committee will construct another one.
The construction of the new two-storey building is expected to be completed within a year.
The Chinese delegates also distributed bags and stationery items to the students.
Expressing appreciation to the Chinese organization for helping the education sector of quake-hit Nepal, the school officials said such assistance would strengthen the people-to-people ties.
Pampha Bhusal, chairman of the school committee, said "We are very happy to get this support. We were in dire need of school building and the support came from people of our neighboring country, so we are very thankful to them."
In addition, the foundation also handed over a computer lab donated by the South Education Foundation to enable students to have more access to information and advanced education.
The CFPA, which has been focusing on education and health sector of Nepal right after the 2015 disaster, is investing 2.7 million yuan (390,000 US dollars) for reconstruction of two school buildings in Kathmandu valley.
It has carried out more than 15 projects in the sectors like disaster relief, food, water and sanitation, disinfection treatment, health care and materials distribution.
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