Ta Ey Primary School

School history

Ta Ey Elementary School is located in Ta Ey, Siem Reap Province. 300 pupils attend the primary school. 157 of the 300 students are girls. Classes take place in the morning and afternoon in three buildings.

State of the school before the conversion

Power supply

Available

Existing water resources and their use

There are two wells and two hand washing stations. The well water is used to wash hands, to use the latrines and to clean the school.

There is no drinking water available for the students.

Condition of the latrines

There are two toilet buildings with two toilets each. The toilets must be set up instantly and cleaned professionally.

Waste management

There are rubbish bins in every classroom and there is no rubbish on the floor. The school grounds look well-kept. There is no garbage disposal system. The rubbish is collected in a heap behind the school and burned. The smoke moves directly or indirectly into the school, depending on the direction of the wind.

General condition of the school (cleanliness / maintenance work)

There are alternating students responsible for cleaning the latrines and for collecting garbage. Unfortunately there is no training in the area of water / hygiene / environment. Accordingly, the latrines are insufficiently cleaned and the garbage disposed of. There is simply a lack of understanding and knowledge.

Upgrading the school

Planned Measures

The WaSH system will be operated with rainwater in the future.

professional cleaning and repair of the two existing toilet houses
new: a latrine building with 5 toilets; the buildings are divided into girls and boys. According to the Ministry of Education & Sport, the standard is one toilet for every 50 girls and one toilet for every 100 boys. We are also installing urinals for the boys and all toilet buildings are being built with disabled access

Teacher training

Project organization and planning
Training in hygiene, environment, drinking water

Further construction work

Renewal of a roof
Painting of three school buildings
Repair of two floors

Detailed project costs

No.	Description	Costs in $
1	1x Roof renewal	6.219,00
2	3x Painting school building	2.300,00
3	2x Mending floors	2.381,00
4	Garbage disposal system	232,00
5	Toilet building with 5 toilets	2.900,00

Fazit

With a total budget of only $ 14,032 the learning and working conditions for 300 pupils, 10 teachers and other employees of the school could be improved effectively, lastingly and sustainably. The risk of injury was drastically reduced and the hygienic conditions improved.

Date: October 03, 2020