Nepal

Gurkha Welfare Trust builds school building

Gurkha Welfare Trust builds school building

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Illustration: Ratna Sagar Shrestha/THT

MYAGDI: The British Gurkha Welfare Trust has built a school building in Annapurna Rural Municipality-5 of Myagdi district.

Under its Quick Response Project, the Trust funded the reconstruction of the earthquake damaged school building of Shikha Secondary School, providing a total of Rs 16.6 million in assistance for the construction of quake-resistant eight-roomed building.

The school building was handed over to the School Management Committee recently, according to Chair of the Committee Min Bahadur Budhhaja.

With the new physical infrastructure, 190 plus students have acquired good environment for learning activities with better classrooms and buildings.