Working out roughly on 30 lost school days per year , based on 7 classes of 40 students that’s an average 1200 days a year lost in schooling , and based on 7 hours actual classroom time that’s 8400 hours of valuable education lost every year , if we multiple this by 40 years the figure is 33600 hours , in simply words apart from the health aspect of this project to provide a safe and clean classroom for these students to be educated in , in relation to just the lost hours of education the whole project is more than justified , noting that each student will lose an average 210 hours per year or over 1050 during the time they are at Aknuwat Junior High School.

Project Prevention Details - Notes

As you can see from the technical drawing above to the right shows the level of water in the doorways of the last three classrooms, this can and does most time reach a height of 2ft on average 30 times a year, and sometimes more in the nine months the school is open. On the left you can see what we propose to do to sdolve the problem.

(Details Proposal)

(1) Build a concrete wall in front of the main support columns totally encasing the front of the school to a height above the water level.

(2) Wall in each classroom doorway, and lift the doors to the level of the new wall, repairing damaged doors in the process.

(3) Fill in the area between the new wall and the classroom wall with earth, topped with compacted stones, and then concreted to create a new pathway along the entire front of the school classrooms.

(4) From front of the concrete wall the builders are going to run a slope of concrete 3 meters out onto the existing earth driveway in front the building.

(5 Once this is done the outer walls of the classroom and new wall will be painted to finish of the outside appearance. (6) After all the 9 stages are completed including a side section from the front school to the stairs to the next level we will be digging a 68 meter ditch at the back of the school to divert the water into , the idea is that this will retain the water which will then disperse by natural sunlight, if this is not going to happen completely then we will project for a pumping system to move the water into street pipes above the current school ground level.

(Cost) Allowing for changing currency rates from New Zealand Dollars to United States Dollars we have budgeted at this time $1,500.00 New Zealand dollars per stage 1-8 and $1,400.00 New Zealand dollars for stage 9 being the side section from the front to the stairs going to the next level on the left hand side building looking from the front, see enclosed photo.

Note: 3u4peace Board Chairman - Project Director Tony Robin Bulley

From my point view whatever time it takes for me to raise all this money, every hour spent talking to companies, individuals, shops will have been time well spent to ensure these students have a chance in life for a better future, for every $1,500.00 a stage can be completed and another 40 students can remain at school, for me personally to see the smiles on these students faces is more than enough thanks.