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RATUA FOUNDATION, ASSOCIATION DE MELE, SHaRM PIKININI ECOLE FOUNDATION WITH STUART FRIEND, SUE and VOLUNTEER VANUATU

Rebuild of Suango Mele Primary School Building 3

Building 3 refurbishment in progress September 2015

Report dated: 30 October 2015

Prepared by : SHaRM Pikinini Ecole Foundation for Ministry of Education

PO Box 128, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Ph: (+678) 7788224

Email. sharm.foundation@gmail.com

Website :www.sharmfoundation.com

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Final Reporting

Post-Pam April 2015

A working group of Ratua Foundation, Cyrille Mainguy and for Association de Mele and SHaRM Pikinini Ecole Foundation met post-PAM with the School Board, School Headmaster and Executive for the School as to how we could jointly assist Suango Mele Primary School with reconstruction on the school buildings damaged by Cyclone PAM. A plan was formulated for the reconstruction subject to fundraising by the various groups involved.

Following is a plan and layout of the School and identification of the School Building 3 consisting of one classroom and storage, the subject of this report.

Proposed site plan of rebuilding programme for Suango Mele Primary School

Rebuild

The combined team who joined together working with the Project Manager for Suango Mele Primary School, Cyrille Mainguy, Consulting Engineer and Project Management, consisted of :

Ratua Foundation

Association de Mele

Sue a volunteer from Australia as contributing donor

BlueScope Lysaght

Volunteer Vanuatu including Pat Miller who undertook planning and trusse designs

Stuart Friend (Project Manager for SHaRM Pikinini Ecole Foundation) and others

SHaRM Pikinini Ecole Foundation

Beach Bar and Promedical

This work commenced on 15th September 2015 and was finally completed on 23rd October 2015 but the class was able to resume their occupation of the classroom on or about 10th October 2015.

The work consisted of a total refurbishment of all the roofing trusses and replacement with all new roofing iron donated by BlueScope Lysaght, strengthening work and general maintenance together with painting and refurbishing both the interior and exterior of Building 3.

Our group engaged local Mele builders under the direction of Sam Michael with labourers who worked with SHaRM’s project manager, Stuart Friend with parent-helpers from Mele with assistance from Foster Rakom and his team who had completed work on Block2.

Cyrille Mainguy, as project manager for Suango was overseeing the work and inspections plus reporting back to the Ministry during the course of the reconstruction.

Painting and roofing being finalised on 15th September 2015

COSTINGS

Final cost for the total rebuild was :

Details Donor Cost in Vatu

Materials purchased PVH Ratua / Association de Mele

Sue – Australian Volunteer

277,548

81,258

BlueScope Lysaght – purchase of long run roofing sheet and Flashings and accessories

BlueScope 228,084

Washers and Screws - roofing washers and screws (amount unknown)

The Beach Bar and Promedical

Unknown donation

Materials for finishing and exterior finishing, cement, mesh plus paint

SHaRM 86,186

Wages – Wages SHaRM

14,600

Total cost of the Rebuild – Classroom – Building 3

658,476 VT

FURTHER WORK TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE PROJECT TEAM OR SOUGHT BY OTHER DONORS

This classroom will require:

Electricity run to the classroom -Building 3

Shelving in the storage room (to be supplied by SHaRM)

Replacement of all chairs and desks for all students (supplied by SHaRM)

Teaching resources (to be supplied by SHaRM)

Landscaping and repair to ground outside of classrooms.

INSPECTION AND SIGN OFF BY CYRILLE MAINGUY, PROJECT MANAGER FOR SUANGO

Working with Cyrille Mainguy, Project Manager on all the rebuilding at Suango, Cyrille has been reporting throughout the rebuild of Building 3 providing interim technical reports following inspections directly to the Ministry of Education.

Cyrille will provide this report to the Ministry of Education, following his further final inspection of Building 3 and circulation of this report.

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For and on behalf of the Combined Group assisting Suango Mele Primary Rebuild Per: Stephanie (Steph) Neilson

Dated 30 October 2015

(Attached)

1. Photos of the Building 3 before and during the rebuilding 2. Excel Spreadsheet of payments 3. Final evidence of rebuild payment receipts 4. Acknowledgements

Building 3 – taken before refurbishment in August 2015

New roofing taking shape on Building 3

Interior of classroom being refurbished

Work in progress with painting to finish

New desks and chairs provided in Building 3

Completed refurbished Building 3

Excel Spreadsheet of expenses incurred Building 3

Evidence of payments

Acknowledgements:

Cyrille Mainguy, Engineer and Project Management for project managing the rebuild

Sue- Australian Volunteer with Volunteer Vanuatu as donor for rebuild

Volunteer Vanuatu team for rebuilding and repainting

Pat Miller – design of building trusses and plans

Ben Michael – for overseeing building and replacement of trusses during roof rebuilding

Foster Rakom and team of builders from Mele

BlueScope Lysaght

Ratua Foundation

Association de Mele

SHaRM Pikinini Ecole Foundation

Stuart Friend and Deb Friend

Port Vila Hardware

Wilco Limited

School parents for providing helpers for rebuilding

School Board and Committee assisting during the rebuilding and Mamas for their provision of meals for the volunteers

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