Katmandu – Nepal is finally celebrating its back to school season thanks to 31 temporary facilities, built in the Himalayan country, which was destroyed by an earthquake on April 25, with the help of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the municipalities of Pavullo, San Felice sul Panaro and Colorno. This is the most significant element to be reported of the meeting with GVC, the non-profit organization based in Bologna and member of the Italian network AGIRE (Italian Emergency Response Agency), on the progress report for the project “Back to school in Rasuwa.” In all, 60 classrooms were set up, equipped with toilets as well as products for hygiene and water purification, in favor of 2,142 students (against the 1,520 originally planned) and 79 teachers (against the 76 originally planned). The above par performance of the project stems from the fact that it was able to build 31 facilities instead of the 19 that were initially planned. The teachers also attended a training course on psycho-sociological support to children traumatized by the disaster, which in Nepal caused 8,856 casualties and damage to 600,000 homes. The intervention focused on Rasuwa, one of the most affected districts, where 95% of the buildings collapsed. The project was supported by the Region with €68.000, allocated according to the Regional Law 12 (2012) on international cooperation that allows to intervene with extraordinary initiatives in support of countries affected by exceptional events and disasters. The intervention focused on those villages outside the capital that had remained isolated after the earthquake. (9Colonne)
