Architecture
Now that we have been building for 5 months, the school building is starting to get a clear outline. It is a true art how the construction team, supported by the community with the limited technical resources, builds such a solid building. Above an artist impression; thanks to Sagar. Walls of first classrooms realized After the construction team in […]
satellite spot change
We were a bit surprised when when we checked the coordinates of the school the location on Google Maps we could see the foundation holes of the school building which were dug in October. Gave us the opportunity to pinpoint the location to the last decimal even more accurately. School location: 27 ° 34'19.81N 85 ° 59'55.0 ″ E Lat / Long […]
Gamma in the forest
500 uprights and 350 meters thick shelf Yes then you are there with your shopping list. 500 uprights approximately 3 meters long and 350 meters plank 3 cm thick 30 cm wide. Fortunately, the forestry cooperated and donated trees for the school project for a symbolic amount. Do cut it yourself. Yes and how do you make it there […]
flag in top and MoMo Party
The Nepalese and Dutch flags are hung on the first concrete pillars of the 1st phase of the school. Partly thanks to the large mixer, construction is going well. An amazing amount of manual work remains, if only filling the formwork of the pillar with the mixed concrete. This is done by passing on […]
2 broken ribs and 1 super mixer
motorcycle accident That was a shock when we got a message that Makar and Krishna had had an accident. "Fortunately" it was "limited" to 2 broken ribs at Makar and some bruises at Krishna. Makar, the chairman of the school board and the construction coordinator, drove with his motorcycle with Krishna on the back from the construction site to his house about 1 km away. They […]
craftsmanship and a lot of material
Much, very much, material has to be supplied. Already 10 trucks in the first 2 weeks. The steel and cement comes from Kathmandu because of the heavy loads, more than 2 days driving, the sand and grit comes from a river bed about 6 hours drive from Sailung. cement more than 200 bags of grit supply quality steel JAG […]
1 bulldozer and 20 men
Bulldozer leveling the field Thanks to the new access road to the school site, trucks can reach the construction site. That will save a lot of lugging work. The bulldozer could also be used for 2 more days to collect stones for the protection wall and dig the large foundation holes. To add all this […]
Newsletter | October 2020
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BUILD PREPARATION STARTED
Stone splitting After 3 days of traveling by bus Bouwteam has arrived from southern Nepal. Immediately started making an access "road" to the construction site. Supported with large equipment. A group of 8 men will be housed in a part of the old corrugated iron school building on the construction site for the coming months. In addition to these […]
De Wilde Ganzen participate in the project !!!
It can go fast. This afternoon we received the message that the Wilde Ganzen will support the project: the construction and furnishing of the 1st phase of the Ton memorial School Sailung. It can go fast. In May we were able to submit our plan and now this result. Super!! So every euro is worth 1.50 […]
