The Chyangba Girls’ Dormitory
Each girl now has her own sleeping space, bed and bedding, and a shared dining area where everyone eats together instead of in shifts. It sits a short walk below the school campus.
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Chyangba, 2009
Library, furniture and uniforms
New classroom furniture, library shelving and seating, and a new uniform for every child, every teacher and the Head Master.
What the team did
The 2009 team built new classroom furniture and refurbished the furniture the school already had. They constructed the shelving and the seating for the library, and distributed new school uniforms to the children, the teachers and the Head Master.
Who walked in
Gerry Case, Stacy Holt, Kathleen Dollard, Roger Hartmann, Stephen Forte, Richard Campbell and Gerri Kier. Maciej Pilecki was on the team as well, and is missing from the photograph.
After the village
Part of the team carried on into the Everest region for further hiking and fundraising, including a climb of Lobuche Peak. At Lobuche base camp were Gerri Kier, Gerry Case, Maciej Pilecki, Pem Sherpa and Nick Stacey.
2009 in Chyangba
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The 2009 team with the library banner
Students in Nepal are required by law to have a school uniform. For some children that is the only thing standing between them and a classroom.
More in Chyangba
Wongchu Biswa Darshan School
Rebuilt with the Nepali Relief Fund of Indiana and an architect from Kathmandu after the April 2015 quake, on an initiative of Pemba Dorjee Sherpa .
Smokeless stoves
Stoves carried up by truck and on foot and installed in the village kitchens, and the dedication of the two storey school buildings.
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The village, not just the school
Everything Education Elevated builds in Chyangba is funded by the people who climb for it.