Constructing a building for the Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram

Update August 2008:

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: The school has been constructed!

Some of the children of the Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram

The Mother Teresa School of Periyakrishnapuram (a village in Tamil Nadu, India) has currently approximately 90 children, and was previously run in a small classroom with a thatched leaf roof. The children range from lower kindergarten to third standard. These children come from underprivileged communities. More room was URGENTLY needed.
Since 2005, we have been raising the money to construct a much-needed school building in the village. First we purchased a piece of land (approx. 28,000 sq ft; 2,664 sq meter). The total price (which was affected severely by the declining value of the US dollar!) to construct the building with neighboring toilet facilities was approximately $40,000.
To reach our goal, we have organized 2 successful cultural evenings on June 3, 2006 and June 9, 2007 in Davis. On Saturday June 9, 2007, the Gospel Justice Committee of the St. James Parish (Davis) and Sahaya International held an Evening of Indian dining at the St. James Memorial Center (1275 B Street, Davis). The evenings included a slide show and a full-course Indian Dinner prepared by Mary Philip and Susie O'Bryant and their team of volunteers, who have a big reputation throughout Northern California for their excellent Indian cuisine. In addition, contributions made by our many friends and well-wishers raised the remaining money.
We are currently still raising money to provide better infrastructure of the school (such as desks, book cases, chairs, books, a computer etc.
Please become a sponsor and help provide these children with a better future. If you give us your e-mail address, we will keep you updated with short stories and pictures.
To make a donation, go to our donation page (click here).
We thank you tremendously for your support!! .
For more information, please contact Koen Van Rompay,
Sahaya International, Inc.
2949 Portage Bay Avenue, Apartment #195
Davis, CA 95616
USA
Phone (evenings): 530-756-9074
kkvanrompay@ucdavis.edu
www.sahaya.org

A time line of the events of the past 2 years (2007 onwards):

This was the old building of the Mother Teresa school. The 2 visitors are Peter De Meyer (left), a reporter from Belgium, and Koen Van Rompay (right), the secretary of Sahaya International. Please note the thatched-leaf roof (which is a fire hazard and also leaks during the rainy season) and the large number of children. Thanks to the support of many well-wishers, we are now able to construct a much-needed school building with separate classrooms!

February 2007: Above is the piece of land, purchased to construct the building for the Mother Teresa School. Below are some pictures taken between June and September 2007 of the ongoing construction.

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