OUR MISSION

Our mission is to re-build Budland School as efficiently as possible, and with a strong earthquake resistant design. We have started looking into building technologies and speaking with an experienced construction engineer for a donated design. While planning the build we are aiming to deliver on a number of specifications.

1. The school will have a comfortable working atmosphere for both children and staff, which is something they are deeply missing since the collapse of their school. We are currently talking to an architect to donate a design for us to use and we will update you as soon as it is ready.
2. The building will have to solve all of the other environmental problems they currently suffer. The temporary structure is failing them and has reduced the efficiency of the school. The new building will protect them from the dust, noise, harsh winters, and will be cooler in the summer months.
3. The building will house classrooms for eight years of education, and will provide decent facilities for both learning and comfort. We also want to add a children’s library to the school, which we hope will improve extra curricular learning, both in Nepali as well as in English.
4. The school offers school dinners and will also need a kitchen, a well functioning office and of course some permanent toilets. We will also be incorporating a safer, more enjoyable play area for the children’s break times.
5. The roof will be of higher quality to better protect against the rain, and prevent future leaks. It will also help to reduce the sound of the rain during the monsoon season which is currently very loud against the corrugated metal, and as you can imagine, highly distracting for both students and staff.
6. We are looking into making our own Eco-friendly bricks with machines that should be available to use and reduce the cost greatly. These are called Earthbricks and are made of cement mixed with soil and sand (you can see a recent demonstration on the volunteering page). There is a surviving building near to the village that incorporated these bricks into its design. With the right design and execution we are looking at the school building to have great longevity for well over 100 years.

We have spoken to the land owner, the school directors and the VDC (local government office), and have settled a legal contract on the use of the building and the land for the next 100 years to protect the future of the school. Furthermore, the directors have signed a legal agreement to pay the goodwill forward and introduce a school scholarship program to help the least advantaged local children gain an education. If we can meet our donation targets in the next few months we will look to start early in the next academic year. More information on this is available on the scholarship page.