Waterproofing the Floor
for Better Health & Hygiene (ELPIS DORMITORY)
Karunar dormitory
was founded by Mrs. Hae Htoo in 2004. It is located in Mae Pa, Tak Province,
Thailand. In 2013, ex-Wide Horizons students built 2 new dorms for girls and
boys through the funding from Room to Grow. Currently, there are 55 students
and 5 teachers living in the dorms.
The dorm’s mission
is to provide a safe shelter and good opportunity to study for unparented and
underprivileged children.
In these dorms,
they are facing problems with water seeping through the floor in the raining
season 4 months in a year. According to 2 engineers we consulted the
construction of the dormitory building was badly advised by the previous
engineer, but according to the dorm supervisor it is because the previous
organizers and engineer did not budget for the materials carefully. As a result, the floor was built thinly on the
same level as the ground. This causes the floor to be damp, dirty and infested
with insects. To solve these problems, they lay linoleum to cover the damp
floor but it is very easy to tear and difficult to sweep the floor. Moreover,
different kinds of insects would stay under the linoleum such as ants and
snails. Sometimes, when students wake up, they notice insect bites on their
body and fall sick with illnesses like fever and cough. The number of illnesses
has increased in this year compared to last year.
Therefore, Wide
Horizons students are proposing to pave the cement floor and lay tiles to
provide a waterproof floor in February, 2016. As a result the floor will be dry
and they can sleep comfortably. Furthermore, they can maintain hygiene and the
students’ illness rate will be decreased.
To implement this
project, we are requesting 49,570 Baht to buy good quality materials to use for
paving the floor with tiles, hiring engineer and workers.
Building a Safe &
Hygienic Kitchen (WIDE HORIZONS SCHOOL)
Wide Horizons school (WH)
was established in 2006 by the Burmese Migrant Worker Education Committee
(BMWEC) and World Education (WE). The school is located in Mae Sot, Tak,
Thailand. Each year, WH school accepts 24 students from different ethnicities
who come from different organizations.
The school’s mission is
to improve the capacity for young adults to work effectively in different CBOs
inside Burma and the Thai-Burma border.
Currently, WH students
are facing problems with their kitchen room such as; leaking water in rainy
season, and bad smell from the drain that is inside the kitchen. Moreover, the
kitchen floor is also broken, and the posts and beams are decayed. Therefore,
it is not comfortable and hygienic when students cook, eat and clean the floor.
Moreover, they worry that the building will collapse.
For that reason, WH
students are writing a proposal to rebuild the kitchen in April-May, 2016. The
new kitchen building will be sustainable for at least 5 years and will serve
120 upcoming students. To implement the kitchen building project, we require 98,872
Baht to pay for the workers and construction materials.
Building a Safe Fence for Better Security (HSA THOO LEI SCHOOL)
Hsa Thoo Lei School was
founded by Naw Paw Ray in 1999 with 25 children.
Currently, she is a school director and chairperson of BMWEC. The school
is located in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand. There are 614 students and 43
teachers in 2015 – 2016 academic year. The students come from different
ethnicities such as Karen, Karenni, Kayan, Chin, Burman, Mon,
Pa ‘O’, Kachin, Shan and Muslin.
The
school's mission is to provide opportunities for those children who lost their
right to have equal education to study as children nature, and to resolve the
design of risk to mutuality of peace as human nature.
Currently,
Hsa Thoo Lei students and teachers facing with lack of security because there
is no fully completed fence around the school. According to headmistress, Naw
Hsa Eh, one of Grade 11 male student have punched by outside people. Moreover,
one of the teacher lap top, students saving money box and school materials such
as chairs, brooms, books and other have lost. The strangers often enter
directly into office without permission and they often saw strangers and
students' parents or relative come to called and talked with students without
permission. They worried that those outside people will create problems to
students, teachers and school. According to school a teacher, students go
outside to visit other places and bought snacks without permission. So, it is
very difficult for teachers to control them and teach them lesson. Students are
lack of focusing in lesson. They failed the exam and they cannot attend the new
Grades.
For this reason, I
am proposing to rebuild the cement fence to provide safe security for students
and teachers in May, 2016. As a result, the cement fence will be fully
complemented with two main doors gate. The outside people cannot enter directly
in school compound. So, Students and
teachers will have good security and students and teachers can study or teach
safely and comfortably. Furthermore, school materials will not lose anymore and
they will have enough school materials. Students go outside to visit other
places and bought snack will be reduce. Moreover, they will more concentrate in
lesson and teacher easy to control them.
As a result, they will pass the exam with good marks to attend new
grades.
To implement this
project, I am requesting 84,150 Baht to buy good quality of materials to
build the safe and strong fence, hiring engineer and workers.
