Asha for Education November 2005 Akkarapettai School Construction Project Proposal

1. Asha for Education November 2005 Akkarapettai School Construction Project Proposal Asha AZ Project Champion – Mukund Asha Chennai Contacts – Lakshmi and Rajaraman

2. Rebuilding Tsunami Affected School at Akkarapettai Sinthanai Sirpi Nursery and Primary School(School Recognition No 1725/98) No: 32A, Amman Koil Back Side, Akkarapettai-611106, Nagapattinam Dist. Brought to Asha Chennai notice by Dr. Aruna Rathnam working with Unicef. District Education Officer recommended that Asha Chennai take up the school. It was a good and flourishing school and could not get any support from the government as it was a private school. The school had a strength of 319 before the Tsunami The school was charging a nominal fee and some special fees.

3. 28 children of the school have died during the Tsunami (in their homes). The school relocated siblings to other schools to help reduce trauma. The school now has 278 children Children are in classes 1 through5 and medium of instruction is English. 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. The school cannot charge any fees from Jan 2005 to May 2006 as the children are from families affected by the Tsunami.

4. The first site visit was on April 26 2005 by the following four people: 1) Mr. Kamakoti – Asha Chennai Volunteer 2) Mr. Seetharaman - Currently managing the ASHA projects at Tiruvarur and Vishnupuram. 3) Mr. Ramanathan – Civil Engineer 4) Nagapattinam-based photographer The school has damaged buildings, lost all teaching learning materials. Please refer the site visit for more details and photos on the project proposal website. https://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=599

5. After due diligence and site visits and estimates from volunteers with • the help of the experts in this field Asha Chennai has come up with a • proposal and fairly clear estimate of the costs involved for the following: • Reconstruction of buildings • Furniture for the classrooms etc. • Teaching/Learning materials • Teacher Salaries and Miscellaneous Expenses Asha Chennai submitted a formal project proposal to Asha Tsunami Group and Asha Arizona on June 30 2005. Asha Arizona approved the funding of the non-construction related part of the project (items 2, 3, and 4). These are currently funded by Asha Arizona for the time period July 2005 - June 200. Total Cost for the Asha AZ part of the funding: ~ USD 9,600.0

6. Following documents already on the Akkarapettai projects webpage. 1) Letter from the head of the school to Asha.(page-1)2) The plan and details of construction at the school (page 1, 2 & 3)3) The request from the school for materials etc. (page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) 4) Photos taken at Sinthanai Sirpi School5) Site visit report6) Project Proposal document 7) Project summary/proposal powerppoint presentation 8) Q & A document 9) July 18 Site visit report 10) Report for the period Jul_05 to Oct_05 dated Oct 30 2005 11) East Tanjavoor Hamlets Site visit report Akkarapertai Oct 30 2005 • Following new document added to the website • https://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=599 • Budget estimate for the construction (akkarapettai_details.xls) • Construction related project proposal – power point presentation

7. New Akkarapettai Construction Related Project Funding Requirement • Reconstruction of buildings • Originally two options (1 and 2) were proposed (please see project proposal • document on the website for details of both the options) : Under Option 1, Asha Chennai would be building the ground and first floor of a new building. Under option 2 Ashe Chennai will be building the first floor and extension to the ground floor of the new building that has been built by the Thiruppur Textile Association. It has been verified that this building is built with foundation sufficient to support one more floor. And Asha Chennai is happy with the quality of the building. Option 1 required foundation work. Further a high tension cable is currently running over the ground where this building would come. All these make Option 1 more complex. Therefore Asha Chennai recommends Option 2.

8. New Akkarapettai Construction Related Project Funding Requirement Option 2: Additions to the existing Tiruppur textile association building Ground floor 443 Sq ft + Varanda 78 Sq ft = 521 Sq ft First floor 1673 Sq ft + Varanda 291 Sq ft = 1964 Sq ft Total Construction cost - Rs. 994,293.00 (Details on the next two slides) Cost for New toilet construction - Rs. 100,000.00 Cost for raising level of play ground – Rs. 50,000.00 (which frequently gets water logged) Total of construction costs - Rs. 1,144,293.00 Engineer fees 6% of total cost - Rs. 65,000.00 Grand Total - Rs. 1,209,293.00

9. Option 2 – Construction of 521 sq ft ground floor and 1964 sq ft first floor above the existing ground floor constructed by Thiruppur Textile Workers Association.

11. Fund Requirement Information/Summary Total Construction cost - Rs. 994,293.00 ~ USD 23,673.00 (Details on next two slides) Cost for New toilet construction - Rs. 100,000.00 ~ USD 2,380.00 Cost for raising level of play ground – Rs. 50,000.00 ~ USD 1,190.00 (which frequently gets water logged) Total of construction costs - Rs. 1,144,293.00 ~ USD 27,245.00 Engineer fees 6% of total cost - Rs. 65,000.00 ~ USD 1,547.00 Total Cost for the project – Rs 12.09 Lakhs – USD 28,792.00 @ $1= Rs 42 (This is what they get after bank charges)

12. Fund Requirement Information/Summary • Available funding from other chapters/organizations • Asha St. Louis Chapter - ~ USD 10,000.00 • Other funds - Rs. 210,000.00 - ~ USD 5,000.00 Total Cost for the Asha AZ part of the construction funding: ~ USD 13,792.00