School for Kids Vietnam 2014 in Ha Giang - Detailed project

Schoolfor KidsVietnamA crowd-funding project to build a new proper school for nearly 100 ethnic children

Lao Lủng Tủng & Phe Phà villageLũng Hồ commune, Yên Minh district, Hà Giang province

From 09/2014Until 06/2015

We don’t build a school. We buildHOPE

Table of ContentTable of Content1. Project Overview Pg. 4

1.1 Purpose Pg. 4

1.2 Beneficiaries Pg. 4

1.3 Duration Pg. 4

1.4 The Project’s legality Pg. 5

1.5 Past project Pg. 6

2. Chi tiết Dự án Pg. 7

2.1 Why are we running this project in Lung Ho? Pg. 8

2.2 Construction site Pg. 11

2.3 Construction solution Pg. 11

2.4 The school’s detailed design Pg. 12

2.5 Estimated Budget Pg. 17

2.6 Selected contractor Pg. 18

2.7 Timeline Pg. 20

2.8 Project progress Pg. 21

3. Project team Pg. 22

4. Values & Commitment Pg. 25

5. Donation Pg. 26

1. Project Overview1.1 Purpose

Construct a solid school, creating better learning conditions for almost 100 ethnic children in Lao Lung Tung & Phe Pha village (about 1km from Lao Lung Tung), Lung Ho commune, Yen Minh district, Ha Giang.

1.2 BeneficiariesTeachers and H’Mong students in Lao Lung Tung and Phe Pha ham-

lets, including:- 04 teachers- 28 kindergarten students- 24 first graders- 11 second graders- 19 third graders- 18 second & third graders at Phe Phà

Students who have completed Grade 3, as are now more mentally and physically mature, will be transferred to the primary school in the center of Lung Ho commune (7km of mountainous road from the villages).

1.3 DurationThe project is implemented from September 2014 until early June 2015

including 3 phases: Investigation, Crowd-funding, Construction.

1.4 The Project’s legalityOn 3th December 2014, the People’s Committee

of Lung Ho commune has issued Document No 33/UBND signed by Mr. Hoàng Văn Mấm, Chairman of the Committee. According to this Document, the Committee agrees:

1. To receive subsidies from School for Kids to build a primary school in Lao Tung Lung village, Lung Ho commune, Yen Minh district, Ha Giang province.

2. To implement the project accoding to the construction design of School for Kids at the location where the two sides have jointly surveyed.

3. To facilitate, coordinate and remove the diffi-culties and obstacles in the process of implementation so that School for Kids complete the works according to the design, assure the quality and efficiency of the construction.

Attached is the scanned coppy of this document.

1.5 Past projectsIn 2013, on a trip to Phieng Canh, a small village located 30 km away from Moc Chau town, we saw a different life that

is totally opposite to the crowded road that we had seen in Moc Chau.

There is only one kindergarten and one primary school in the whole village. In fact, the ‘kindergarten’ is just a building borrowed from a primary school as a result of a school building project here in 2009. The school has a 35m2 in acreage, lack of electricity and lights. It is not spacious enough for nearly 100 students from 3-5 years old in the area. Meanwhile, education for kids in this range of age is especially important for their future as they learn national language to prepare for further studies.

- March 2013: The team was established and started site surveys.

- August 2013: Received the official permission from local government

- August 2013 - October 2013: PR & Fundraising

Results: Nearly 270 million Vietnam Dong from 250 donors together with a lot of support in terms of human resources. In late November 2013, a new school was ready for local teachers and students to study in.

Furthermore, School for Kids Vietnam has also supported other projects sharing similar mission such as ‘Donate bricks for building schools’ at Tả Suối Câu 2 Sub-primary school, Tả Suối Câu 2 village, A Lù Commune, Bát Xát district, Lao Cai province.

2. Project Details2.1 Why are we running this project in Lung Ho?

2.2 Construction site

2.3 Construction solution

2.4 Construction design

2.5 Estimated budget

2.6 Selected contractor

2.7 Timeline

2.8 Project progress

2.1 Why are we running this project in Lung Ho?

Lung Ho commune located 60km away from Ha Giang province center. The 23 hamlets of the commune scatter over 52,68 km2 abrupt mountain area. The majority of the population is H’Mong ethnic group who live on primitive agriculture.

(Above are some images of the current schools in Lao Lung Tung & Phe Pha.)

According to a UNICEF’s report of Out - of - school Children in Viet Nam dated in September 2014, the percentage of H’Mong children dropouts is 16,13%. In comparison with other ethnic groups, H’Mong schoolgirls have remarkably less access to school than schoolboys. In primary school, the number of H’Mong out-of-school girls is 1,5 times higher than that of schoolboys, and 2 times higher respectively in secondary school. Reason is that the parents expect their daughters to stay home and assist them with housework or to get married.

Also according to this report, UNICEF confirms that the reason which plays a more important role to their children’s schooling is not local customs or financial background but the obstacles concerning school conditions and the shortage of teachers.

Some other images about current situations of the schools

The classroom for 28 kindergartent students

A classroom for 3rd

graders

The wall quickly shaped by some old pieces of wood cannot protect the children from tough weather

The primary sub-school was build at the end of

the village, next to Mr. Pao’s garden.

About the learning spirit in the commune

According to UNICEF’s report, among children under 5 years old only, there are 34.19% H’mong children has never been to school. However, at Lung Ho Commune, as to Sep 2014, they have successfully encouraged 76/164 children from 0 - 2 years old (50,05%), and 686/730 children from 3 - 5 years old (93%) to go to school.

It can be said that Lung Ho Commune is among the most active in encouraging local education for minority children.

2.2 Construction siteThe land is granted for the construction of the school with the consent of the People’s Committee of Lung

Ho commune and Mr. Giang A Pao, a retired commune officer. Previously Mr. Pao has contributed about 60 m2 of his land , and together with his villagers, they have contributed wood to build a temporary primary school in Lao Lung Tung for the children here. When informed about the philanthropy project of School for Kids, Mr. Pao voluntarily contributed the remaining land next to the old school. The entire area of land to build the new school is 160 m2 .

The leveling and foundation excavation will be implemented with the support of local people under the direction of the People ‘s Committee of Lung Ho commune.

2.3 Construction SolutionLao Lung Tung village located halfway up the mountain. From the center of Lung Ho commune to the

hamlet we have to overcome the distance of 7 km of broken-stoned road and slopes up to 10 % whose width is sometimes just slightly more than 1 meter. There is no qualified construction contractor in the commune, only some households who have simple pulp mills, with which they can make samel bricks. Meanwhile, the cost of raw materials such as cement is too high (100,000 VND/kg). Due to the fact that the conditions for transportation are not favorable, School For Kids selects zinc coated galvalum as material installed by contractor from Hanoi.

2.4 Construction designThe school includes 4 classrooms (24-25 sq.m/room) for kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade & 3rd grade,

together with a common room for teachers (15 sq.m)

This was designed by architect Le Hong Hanh (a founder of the project in 2013) and was modified by the choosen contractor in order to be suitable for the location after site surveys.

Below are some images of the design. You can download the detailed design at: http://tiny.cc/xtce-thietke

(The design is in Vietnamese. If you require documents in English, please kindly contact us)

http://tiny.cc/xtce-thietke

2.5 Estimated budgetBelow is an overview of the financial plan. You can download the detailed estimated budget for construction

sent by the choosen contractor on 10th Dec 2014 at http://tiny.cc/xtce-baogia

(We are sorry that the document is only available in Vietnamese at the moment. If you require an English version, please kindly contact us)

Item Detail Price (VND)

Floor & Foundation of the school

Including: Reinforced concrete foundation, compacted sand, ceramic tiling indoor, red brick tiling at corridor

67,153,905

Panel-type house Including: Installation of Panel-type house, plastic doors and windows with steel core 289,581,800

Electrical system accord-ing to the design drawings. Lump sum of materials and installation. 7,500,000

Transportation 2 trips (from Hanoi to Lũng Hồ, Hà Giang - distance 420km) 26,000,000

Total construction price 390,235,705Rounding 390,000,000

Logistics (site surveys, printing): 10.000.000 VNĐ

Total Estimated Budget 400,000,000 VNĐ

(~18,727 USD)

http://tiny.cc/xtce-baogia

2.6 Selected contractorFrom October 2014 until late November 2014, the project team worked closely with 3 different contractors

and went for site surveys with 2 of them in order to choose the most suitable company. Below is some information of the selected contractor

Name: JSC DVM Vina Building

Address: 1B /6 Ao Sen str., Mo Lao Ward , Ha Dong District , Hanoi , Vietnam

Phone (+84)43 200 2212 - Fax: (+84)43 200 2212

Website: www.nhakhungthep.com.vn ; www.dvm.vn

Email: [email protected]

Legal representative: Mr. Truong Hung Cuong - General Director

DVM is a company with rich experience in working with mountainous terrain and Panel-type house. On the next page are some images of the similar projects DVM has done. You can also download full portfolio of the company at http://tiny.cc/xtce-hosonangluc.

(We are sorry that the document is only available in Vietnamese at the moment. If you require an English version, please kindly contact us)

http://tiny.cc/xtce-hosonangluc

Some images of the projects that DVM has done

Hand over the school to local gov-ernment

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2.7 Timeline

Investigation & Site surveys: Make field trips to the village, discuss with local government and residents to truely understand the situations. Research about existing policies and plans of the government and other organizations related to education in Lung Ho commune.

Creating construction design & Finding contractor: Research on different construction solutions. Create construction design. Research and work with contractors to make a final construction plan & estimated budget.

PR & Crowd-funding: Build different communication channels for the project (social networks, website, email). Call for awareness and contribution from community.

Construction & Handing over: The construction takes approcimately 2.5 weeks. The school will be handed over 1 week afterward.

Investigation & Site surveys

Creating construction design & Finding contractor

PR & Crowd-fundingConstruction

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2.8 Project progress(Until 10th Dec 2014)

27/9/2014: Site survey 1, examine the area and actual study conditions in the area. Conduct initial discussions with the locality.

13 - 15/10/2014: Site survey 2, collecting documents and materials. Agreement on area of construction .

30/11/2014: Contractor selection. The project received 3 registration.

1/12/2014 - 3/12/2014: Site survey 3 with the registered contractors

3/12/2014: Received License from Lung Ho commune (Document No. 33/UBND) in which the locality agrees to coor-dinate the implementation of the project School for Kids

12/14/2014: Select JSC DVM Vina Building, both sides agree on a 390 million VND contract

3. Project Team

VŨ THÀNH CÔNGAdministrator

Cong is an experienced journalist, especially in local life and culture of ethnic groups in mountainous areas.

Having been working for so many years in Northern West areas of Vietnam, he steadily became another

family member of people there. Being trusted by local officials in Lung Ho commune, Ha Giang, Cong con-tacted the other team members organized field trips

for the whole team to start a new project.

[email protected]

THÁI MINH PHƯƠNGFinancial manager

Phuong is a specialist working for Vietnam Development Bank (VDB)

She has rich knowledge and experience in evaluating and managing investment project for

poorly developed areas. Moreover, Phuong is also an active members of several community clubs.

[email protected]

The project was initiated and run by young Vietnamese

with different expertise and background but same belief in the important role

of education in rural development.

LÊ VIỆT HÀFinancial Manager

Ha is an investment specialist in State Capital Investment

Corporation (SCIC)

She does not only have professional experience in evaluating and managing

finance for enterprises, but also passion in organizing community activities, events and charities.

[email protected]

NGUYỄN HUYỀN CHÂUPR Manager

With her exceptional enthusiasm and experience in running

social projects, Chau is mainly in charge of communication and fundraising for School for Kids.

Chau is now a core member of Global Shapers community

which belongs to World Economics Forum, a freelance

writer of Thanh Nien Online magazine.

[email protected]

NGUYỄN THU TRANGCommunications Team

Trang is an enthusiastic 9X girl with many years experience in social projects for disabled, ed-ucation, environment. She has

spent more than 5 years working in projects to support blind com-munity in Vietnam as a manager

or coordinator. She was also a crew member of non-formal ed-ucation project Knowmads Ha-noi - co-created by Knowmads Amsterdam and CSDS Vietnam

[email protected]

NGUYỄN THÙY DUNGCommunications Team

Thùy Dung is a Media officer, Voice of Vietnam

With a passion for social works and children, Dzung has participated on many

philanthropy and PR projects since she was a student of Diplomatic Academy of

Vietnam. She always wishes to leverage on her network

to create meaningful projects devoting to the well being of

children

[email protected]

NGUYỄN THU TRANGTechnical coordinator

With a BSc in Construction Economic Engineering and

Project management, Trang is now working as an executive of

M+W Vietnam Ltd..

She is experienced in planning and cost control for many

construction projects. Besides, for many years, Trang has been attending social clubs to teach poor children and orphanages

[email protected]

NGUYỄN THỊ THÙY LINHCommunications Team

Linh is a Press & Media Relations Officer, Office of the

Government of Vietnam

Linh studied Financial Economics in London, UK.

Loving social work and volunteering, Linh participated

in many community and environment projects in UK. She is also a founder of community

Translation and Education Project The A + Team, co-

founder of fashion projects WORDS and Quoton

[email protected]

4. Values & CommitmentInspiring

We use crowd-funding in order to take advantage of collective effort from the community to create big

changes

TransparencyAll updated information about the project progress (human resources, finance resources, construction plan, estimated budget, etc) is regularly published on the website and sent to donors and anyone who is interested via email.

SustainabilityBefore implementing the project,

we carefully research on the beneficiaries, project site, the need

local people as well as related policies of the goverment and other organizations in order to

assure that the project will bring the values that both the team and

local people expect.

5. How to donateWe are receiving donation via these methods

5.1 Bank TransferBANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION

Account name: XÂY TRƯỜNG CHO EMAccoutn number 0011 00421 8087Bank name: VietcomBank Sở Giao dịchSWIFT Code: BFTV VNVX

5.2 Online transfer via PayPalRECEIVING ACCOUNT:

Nguyễn Thu Trang - [email protected]

The transfer fee is paid by receiver.

5.3 Cash (only for donors living in Hanoi)To donate in cash, please contact us through one of 2

methods below. A project member will meet you in person to receive the donation

Method 1: Contact one of two Finance Manager: Thái Minh Phương (0983 667 688) or Lê Việt Hà (0983 409 386)

Method 2: Send an email to: [email protected]

When transfering, please indicate clearly

in the content that this is a donation for School for

Kids. It would be great if you can spend time sending us

an email or FB message afterward so that the

team can easily confirm.

Contact Details

[email protected]

http://school4kidsvn.org

facebook.com/xaytruongchoem

@school4kidsvn

0915 026 525 (Châu - PR Manager)

Sincerely thank you for your time!

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