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New School Completed in Remote Sapa Village

Topas recently managed the construction of new buildings for the Nam Lang B School located in the remote mountains not far from Topas Riverside Lodge.  

 
Back in 2020 August when Topas was looking for a new charity project, Topas Project Manager, Kien, went to Nam Lang B, a Red Dao minority village. He inspected the village school which is currently attended by 26 pupils from 2 – 7 years old. He found it in serious disrepair. . .

Alongside his experience in construction, Kien has very strong relationships with the local authorities of the area – something that is essential to making projects like this work.  

After meetings with the local government, Kien set about organising the upgrades and new builds for the school.    

Primary Classroom 2

The project took place in two stages.

From 2020 September to January  2021 the classrooms were built. Next, from May to July 2021 the kitchen and courtyard were added.  After 6 months the new school buildings were constructed, despite the challenges of covid-19, bad weather and difficult roads.  

The new school has two class rooms, two teacher rooms, a kitchen, a new gate and a new courtyard with a pretty garden, swing, seesaw and simple exercise equipment.  The village now has the standard of school that they had wished for for many years.  

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Ms. Nguyen Thi Hao, one of the school’s teachers said:  “The new school is much better than before. It is very beautiful, with nice classrooms, kitchen and a pretty courtyard that is very well combined with surrounding nature.” 

She added: “This big change really supports us and our pupils. I believe that the kids will love this school and like to come to study with a happy feeling. And I can see the happiness from parents when they bring their children to school each day.”