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Pikey Secondary School
in Loding, Thamakhani VDC

I april 2006 brændte Loding Skole ned til grunden. Formodentlig en påsat brand og en gerningsmand er udpeget, men der er ingen sikre beviser imod ham. Skolen blev bygget i 1961 af Sir Edmund Hillary - førstebestigeren af Mount Everest.

I 2005 underviste skolen 104 elever op til 7. klasse, men i 2006 blev skolen godkendt som Secondary School op til 8. klasse og en lærer blev ansat på en løn som indsamles af lokalbefolkningen.

I efteråret 2006 påbegyndtes genopbygningen af skolen med støtte af Himalayan Trust - Edmund Hillary's organisation.

I foråret 2007 indrettes klasselokalerne med vægbeklædning af træ og nye skolemøbler. Der indkøbes undervisningsmidler til lokalerne, kort og plancher. Og skolegården udvides, så der kan spilles bold.

Alt dette støttes af Sydthy Rotary Klub.

Se Project Description.

I efteråret 2006 påbegyndte vi tillige et venskabs-skole-program mellem Loding Skole og Studsgaard Friskole ved Herning. Se under fanen Twin School.

I sommeren 2006 bad skolen om støtte til indkøb af fysik-kemi-biologi-udstyr, da det var forsvundet i flammerne. Himalayan Project indvilgede straks og i løbet af meget kort tid var udstyret indkøbt og leveret i skolen.

Samtidig med at denne proces foregik, var rotarianeren Bishnu Subedi fra Kathmandu i Danmark, hvor han blandt andet besøgte Sydthy Rotary Klub. Han mødte også dyrlæge Hans Østergård, som straks da han hørte om problemerne smuttede hjem og hentede sit gamle mikroskop, som Bishnu tog hjem som håndbagage og leverede til skolen.

Se Application on Science Equipment og Project Description on Science Equipment

I foråret 2006 startede vores del af genopbygningen. Byggepladsen blev besøgt at et rotary team fra Kathmandu. Se Supervision Report, May 2007.

I efteråret 2007 var skolebygningerne stort set færdige, oven i købet med en ekstra fløj, og klasselokalerne var taget i brug igen. Sportspladsen var under opbygning og toiletterne under forberedelse. Alt i alt uden tvivl den smukke skole i Upper Solu.

Desværre viste det sig at skoleinspektøren og byggeformanden ikke fulgte projektbeskrivelsen og i det hele taget var skødesløse med budgettet. Se Monitoring Report, November 2007.

I foråret 2008 var der endnu ikke rettet op på fejl og mangler i forhold til tidligere rapport. Se Monitoring Report, April 2008. og Monitoring Report August 2008

I foråret 2009 så det fortsat skidt ud med at få gjort arbejdet færdigt. Se Rapport Marts 2009. Og stadig i August manglede nogle vigtige elementer at blive gjort færdige. Se Rapport August 2009 og rapporten der også omhandler det planlagte elværk.

In April 2006 Loding School burned down. Probably a deliberately started fire, and a offender is spotted, but without sure proofs. The school were constructed i 1961 by Sir Edmund Hillary - the first ascender of Mount Everest. In 2005 the school educated 104 students up to 7. class, but in 2006 it were approved to run secondary level up to class 8, so now the school has employed one more teacher from money collected by the villagers.
In autumn 2006 the reconstruction were intitiated by fundings from Himalayan Trust - the organization of Sir Edmund Hillary.
In spring 2007 the classrooms will be furnished with wooden ceiling, furniture and educational materials - and educational computers - all supported by the fundings of Sydthy Rotary Klub in northwestern part of Denmark. Project Description.
In Autumn 2006 a friendship-school-program were intiated on the initiative of a young Danish teacher, Daniel Laurse. Twin School.
In Summer 2006 the school asked for support to purchase science equipment, as it all were wasted in the fire. Himalayan Project immediately approved. By coincidence rotarian Bishnu Subedi from Kathmandu were in Denmark at that period, and by coincidence he meet veterinarian Hans Østergård, who immediately went home and shortly after arrived, handing over his old microscope for Bishnu, who brought it for Kathmandu and later for Loding School.
Application on Science Equipment and Project Description on Science Equipment

In spring 2006 a Rotary Supervision Team did visit the project site. See the Supervision Report, May 2007.
In autumn 2007 the school houses were almost completed, even with an extra compound, and the class rooms were again occupied by the education. Now the exterior compund remained with toilet and sports field under construction. Unfortunately it did show, that there were some irregularities in the local performance of the project. Se Monitoring Report, November 2007.

In spring 2008 the mistakes pointed out in autumn report still weren't adjusted. Read Monitoring Report of April 2008.

Still in spring 2009 the work wasn't completed. Read Report of March 2009. And again in August still some issues remained. Read Report August 2009.