International Chair Committee Len reported back to the Club, on behalf of the annual Bali trip members, of the state of our adopted project school near Ahmed in Bali. The recent earthquake by volcano Mount Agung had damaged many of the locally made roof tiles such that any rain, which is highly likely as it is the monsoon season, will surely just make matters worse by inundating the left over classrooms and cause more ceiling plaster collapsing.
Discussions with the Principal showed varying levels of disturbance to the building. Currently, most of the schooling is done in make shift tents in the courtyard as the integrity of the ceiling, tiles and roof structure is deemed unsafe. Local government has sufficient funds to only carry out urgent maintenance repairs to make safe but not totally render habitable classroom space. In liaising with our local CLub builder, an estimate of AUD5700 has been put forward to make good the roof tiling, ahead of official repairs by the government. The International Committee will discuss ways to revenue raise this fund so as to afford immediate assistance to the school.
The flush mechanism in the boys toilets was also replaced, as it was ripped off its location.
At the end of the day, all the teachers, parents and kids want is somewhere decent to be taught reading and writing, and they do so knowing that the regular and annual visit by the proud Rotarians of Moe are doing their little bit by helping by bring a smile to their faces.