KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 8
The groundbreaking ceremony of multi-purpose Indoor Sports Complex for the Prithvi Narayan Secondary School was held at the school premises in Tarkeshowr Municipality on Monday.
The Ceremony was chaired by Krishna Hari Maharjan, Mayor of Tarkeshwor Municipality and a group of 22-member donor team from Korea as well as other close partners of the project such as Social Welfare Council, Centre for Education and Human Recourse Development also joined the ceremony. About 1,200 students, teachers and parents gathered to celebrate the start of the construction of the most awaited Indoor Sports Complex, and a congratulatory performance was also performed by students.
According to the statement issued by the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation, the multi-purpose Indoor Sports Complex, which construction has begun today, is 40.4 meters long, 25.4 meters wide, 10 meters high, and will have a space that can accommodate 800 people at a time. The sports complex comprising basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court and table tennis court will fulfill the sporting need of the students and the locals. Moreover, it believes to benefit the social and cultural aspect of the community as well.
Initially, it was planned to be built with a capacity of 600 people, but considering the increasing number of students, the plan has changed to be built with a capacity of 800 people with the support of Humanscape Korea, a digital health startup in Korea. The construction period is until April next year, the statement said.
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by 22 people from Korea including 12 representatives from Um Hong Gil Human Foundation, Chairman Lee Jaehoo, & Executive Director Captain Um Hong Gil, and 10 representatives from Humanscape, the sponsoring company, including CEO Chang Minhoo.
Meanwhile, this school is the 16th school supported by the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation, an INGO working in the education sector of Nepal since 2009, the organisation said. "The foundation is supporting NPR 183,000,000 in this school for last 3 years, for the construction of 4 buildings, including a primary, middle and high school building and a library building, and all buildings are scheduled to be completed by early next year."
