TSUNAMI: Akkarapettai

Project Brief: 28 children of the school have died during the Tsunami (in their homes). The school decided to relocate the siblings in other schools to help reduce the trauma by giving them a new environment.
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Arizona
Status: completed - requirements ended
Project Steward: Mukund Muralidhar
Project Partner(s): Lakshmi Suryanarayanan
Other Contacts: Susan Seats
Project Address: , Sinthanai Sirpi Nursery and Primary School,No: 32A, Amman Koil Back Side, Akkarapettai,Nagapattinam,
TAMIL NADU  611 106
Tel: 04365-225082
Stewarding Chapter: Arizona
Jul 2005ArizonaUSD 9600

Total = $9600

28 children of the school have died during the Tsunami (in their homes). The school decided to relocate the siblings in other schools to help reduce the trauma by giving them a new environment. The school now has 278 children. The children of this primary school are studying with medium of instruction as English and are in classes 1 to 5. Changing the children to the govt. schools nearby is not possible for the reason above and also because the local govt. schools are already overcrowded. The school is now running with reduced staff due to financial constraints.

The children need bags, books, notebooks, uniforms and materials for the next academic year beginning June 2005. They need have their school getting back to good shape too. The school cannot charge any fees from Jan 2005 to May 2006 as the children are from families affected by the Tsunami. The school therefore needs support in all ways for its continuation, not just reconstruction.

Project Proposal - II
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The construction project proposal is attached to the document list. This was option 2 of the original project proposal.
To help build the school that was destroyed by the Tsunami.
(School Recognition No 1725/98)