Project Description

The Third Existing School Building Renovation Project – FY 2026 is also a part of the Child Day Care Service Provision project that currently takes care of around 825 children (both full-time and part-time classes), and for the next academic year, the number of children will increase. The project has been carried out by renovating a very old building with total size of 25m in length and 8m in width = 200m² that was divided into 4 classrooms and a kitchen constructed from bricks and zinc over ten years ago. This building had brick foundation, tile floor, metal doors and windows, plastic ceilings, zinc walls and roofs, but currently all the zinc walls, doors and windows have begun rusting that made lots of holes in them, and the plastic ceilings have begun decaying and gradually falling down. The most severe problem that children are now facing is that the sharp, pointed torn zinc walls, doors and windows always cut their hands, feet, legs and other parts of their bodies. As for the plastic ceilings, they always dropped on children sitting in classrooms that sometimes seriously injured them. In addition, some types of roof animals such as a gecko, a rat and mouse and a snake always caused a lot of problems too. The project has been implemented in order to get community children out of danger and bring about safety and security for them. There have been six bathrooms being annexed to the building, but right now they have been broken that need being rebuilt.

Project activities

• Doing the wall construction work in both inside and outside of the entire building. A group of ten construction workers and contractor will be hired to contract the construction work by laying bricks around and inside the building and installing doors and windows. In addition, they will work on the walls by spreading cement and painting as well. The total size of the building is 25m long x 8m wide x 7.50m high, and it is divided into four classrooms, one kitchen, and the size of each classroom is 8m long x 5m wide x 3.60m high. The project management team will contact local construction material suppliers to buy construction materials, and they will negotiate the supply costs in advance of the construction processes.
• Doing the electrical system & ceiling work. An electrician will be hired to do electrical work by rewiring the whole building. The project management team will buy the most needed electrical materials from electrical shops so that the electrician will equip all five rooms with electric contacts, electric fans, electric bulbs, sockets, etc. Apart from electrical work, the plastic ceilings will be installed in each of classroom, so all five classrooms will have ceilings.
• Installing the door and window frames in the school building. The project management team will contact the construction material suppliers to buy metal materials to make doors and windows. A local iron worker will be hire to produce doors and windows and install them to the building. In the entire building, there will be 6 doors and 20 windows.
• Annexing the frontal corridor roofs in front of the school building. When it rains, the frontal part of each class and students are subjected to the wet, so in order to forestall this problem, the roofs will be built in front of the entire building. The project management team will contact the construction material suppliers to buy metal materials to make the frontal roofs to prevent children from being exposed to the rain. The total size of entire roofs is 25m long x 4.5m wide x 2.8m high. A local iron worker will be hire to make the roofs.
• Laying the frontal corridor floors with floor tiles. When it rains, the floors in front of the building are slippery, so it is very hard for children to walk on them. A team of local construction workers will be hired to lay rough tiles on the ground in front of each classroom, so in the future, the children can walk on them during the rain with safety.
• Concreting the sidewalk behind the building. During the rainy season, grasses grow in bulk on the sidewalk behind the building that can serve as an inhabitation of poisonous snakes, so in order to avoid this problem, this area will be concreted. The total size of this area is 25m long x 3.5m wide.
• Replacing the rusty old zinc roofs with new ones, and installing the new roof gutters to catch the rain water. The old zinc roofs have been used for more than 10 years up to this proposal submission period to get clean rain water for daily uses. The roofs are now getting older and rustier, and even there have been lots of holes in it that causes the rain water leak through. In 2026, 375m² of zinc roofs will be removed and replaced with the new ones. In addition, the total of 50m-long roof gutters will be installed to catch the water rain as well.
• Replacing the old broken bathrooms with the new ones. Old broken bathrooms in each of classroom will be demolished and replaced with new ones because they can’t be used any longer due to severe damage and shrinkage. We are afraid that one day they will collapse. One more problem is that inside the bathrooms there are small water basins that become the sanctuaries of mosquitos causing fever to the children. The size of each of new bathrooms will be 3.5m long x 2m wide x 2.5 high. In addition, small metal water tanks will be installed to store water for daily uses in the bathrooms.
• Removing the old floor tiles in all classrooms and replacing them with the new ones. The existing floor tiles in all classrooms of the kindergarten building are very old that will be removed and replaced with new ones. On the other hand, upon the process of renovation, all the floor tiles will be badly affected: stained, broken and shrunken. The kindergarten building is used to teach kindergarten children the basic Khmer literature and English language, and it is the place where children take a nap after daily lunch.
• Constructing a daily meal shelter where children sit and take their daily meals. A group of 5 local construction workers will be hired to take responsibility for constructing the daily meal shelter with total dimension of 33 meters in length x 10 meters in width x 3.80 meters in height. The Project Management Team will contact the construction materials depot owners to negotiate the prices of construction goods beforehand. The new daily meal shelter will be made from some things such as e-co brick, plastic roof tile, metal roof frame, and concrete floor. The construction workers will be assigned to produce e-co bricks that are going to be used as the pillars as Khmer Association for Development (KAD) has owned the e-co brick production shelter producing e-co bricks for the purposes of both construction and renovation of school building, volunteer homestay, vegetable bed, etc.

Aims of the Project (long-term non-material and spiritual goals)                                                                                                                                                       To improve infrastructure in the Child Care Center that will prompt child welfare and promote the rights to proper living.

Aims of the Project (concrete, measurable short-term objectives)                                                                                                                                                      To refine the living condition of community children by renovating educational facilities that can expand educational services for them.

Expected Project Achievement / Output

• A good learning building with total size of 25m long x 8m wide x 7.50m high will be completely renovated by the end of 2026.
• All four classrooms, one kitchen together with 7 bathrooms will be equipped with electric and electronic systems, and plastic ceilings will be installed.
• 6 doors and 18 windows will be made and attached to the building that can protect all materials and equipment inside it.
• The total size of entire roofs of 25m long x 4.5m wide x 2.8m high will be made to prevent children from being exposed to the rain.
• Frontal corridor floors of total size: 25m in length x 4m in width in front of the learning building will be laid.
• The total size of the area behind the learning building will be concreted, so children can walk or play on it safely.
• In 2026, 375m² of zinc roofs will be removed and replaced with the new ones. In addition, the total of 50m-long roof gutters will be installed to catch the water rain as well.
• Each of new bathrooms with total size of 3.5m long x 2m wide x 2.5 high will be erected. In addition, 4 metal water tanks with total capacity of 2000L each will be installed to store water for daily uses in the bathrooms.
• Old floor tiles in all classrooms will be removed and replaced with new ones that will facilitate some activities such as learning, napping, eating and playing.
• Khmer Association for Development will get the newly-constructed daily meal shelter with the total size of 33 meters in length x 10 meters in width x 3.80 meters in height under which 527 children will be able to sit taking daily lunch and playing during their short break time.

Expected Project Outcome

• The children will have a proper learning building in which they can sit learning with safety and security from bodily danger.
• The classrooms will be well-arranged and well-equipped with the most needed materials so that children will sit and learn with cozy atmosphere
• With proper doors and windows, all study materials and equipment can be kept safe.
• The frontal roofs of the learning building will prevent children from being exposed to the rain.
• Frontal corridor floors of total size: 40m in length x 4m in width will be laid, so in the future, the children can walk on them during the rain with safety.
• The area behind the learning building will be concreted, so it can prevent poisonous snakes from coming into the school premise.
• The school building covered with new plastic tile roofs will keep the children safe from the rain, and the roof gutters will help catch enough water for sufficient use in both rainy and dry seasons.
• The new bathrooms will be clean and comfortable for small children.
• The new floor tiles in all classrooms will provide small children with clean, hygienic place where they will be able to do their activities more easily.
• The community children have a proper, clean, safe place where they sit taking their daily meals more easily and stop being worried about dirt or wet during the rainy season.