Shree Nava Durga Primary School

In Pipal Danda VDC (Village Development Committee)

Very difficult physical terrain, half an hour jeep ride from the main road along a very rutted track.

Objectives of the school

To add a class 6.

To improve recruitment and enroll more children.

Community Background

• The school is central to the village but the village is stretched along the hillside. There is a also a village community hall (which is underused), a village committee and a Mothers group closely linked to the school.

Support For This School

• Minor improvements up to 2009

• Rebuilding of wall washed away in monsoons

• Major funding from Manisha UK & SSF for school rebuild, completed in 2015

• Whiteboards and other teaching resources

• Many volunteer placements

• Medical talks and checks, teaching and teacher training from UK volunteer

Schools Twinned With This School

• Whitehall Infants School