Vinany Primary School
inauguration: June 5, 2024 🎉
Thanks to Adsum Foundation and Gilbert ASH for financing this project ❤️
📍Location: The village of Vinany,
Rural commune of Sarobaratra Ifanja,
District of Miarinarivo,
Itasy Region.
💡Objectives:
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To improve access to primary education and increase capacity
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To improve teaching/studying conditions
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To contribute to the alleviation of poverty
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To provide a healthier working/studying environment; to motivate the teachers, and give the pupils a greater sense of wellbeing
Built by José RASOAMIARAMANANA 's team.
Cost
1/ Three Classroom building: Ariary 111,109,550 (£ 22,222)
2/ Classroom furniture: 30 locally made school benches, 2 teachers’ desks and chairs ;bookshelves and cupboards;
Pre-school furniture: 32 locally made small chairs; 8 small tables and 1 teachers’ desk and chair ; bookshelf and cupboard and educational toys : Ariary 15,867,930 (£ 3,174)
3/ Latrines - Three compartments with boys’ urinals: Ariary 11,153,850 (£ 2,231)
TOTAL GRANT: Ariary 138,131,330 (£ 27,627)
BRIEF PROJECT OUTLINE:
Rationale:
Vinany Primary School owes its existence to the initiative of the villagers who built this two classroom primary school with their own resources and effort in 1971. The building is made of mud bricks. There are cracks in the walls which are potentially dangerous, and the community fears it may collapse. The classrooms are dark and poorly ventilated, and the ceilings are damaged and threaten to fall on the children’s heads The roof leaks, and when it rains the noise is deafening making teaching impossible, and water pours onto the children and their exercise books...
The villagers are expected to pay the salaries of locally engaged teachers and contribute to the cost of maintaining and repairing the school buildings. But they earn only a modest living from farming, cattle raising and producing charcoal for sale – and this is way beyond their limited means, particularly during and after the cyclone/rainy season when the buildings are frequently damaged.
The school is overcrowded – with 303 registered pupils squeezed into only two classrooms. This number of children can only be taught by teaching half in the morning between 7am and 12.30pm, and the rest in the afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. But during the rainy season afternoon classes end early when rain is forecast - so that children can return home before dark and avoid violent, life-threatening thunder storms. But some parents, fearful for their children’s safety, withdraw them from school completely. Either way, due to the school’s limited capacity, the teachers have difficulty in covering fully the school syllabus, and the children’s education suffers..