Sunbird Pinjang School

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11 November 2021 - Clearing and leveling of the land in preparation of the school construction and excavation of the road to the site at Pinjang began. 

The road to the site was cut to start hauling materials to the site. 

Land leveling and cutting was done with the help of local MLA by way of the mud excavator (JCB). 

28th December 2022 - Laidd initial foundation of the school.  Rev. Fr. Dr. Varghese Velickakam the procurator of archdiocese of Imphal, and priests from neighboring parishes, accompanied by numerous people from the community took part in this event.

Local members of the community began collecting rocks and materials.  

The people of the village in rural Manipur are impoverished. Although they are not able to provide monetary support,  they  contributed to the construction using manpower. Some folks collected and carried building materials to the job site.  Since the road is steep,  we contracted a local (Shaktiman), with a 4 x 4 vehicle, to haul sand and stone to the site. 

The foundation level is progressing at a rapid rate, thanks to our skilled laborers working diligently to complete the foundation within a 2 week time frame.

30th January 2022 - Work is progressing and tireless laborers alongside enthusiastic members of the community are working hard to complete the construction work 

The children are actively helping as well. There is acute water scarcity throughout the area. We have an onsite water holding/collection tank. The children brilliantly collect any overflow from the catchment tank along with bathing water captured in the pit, covered with the polythene. They collect the used water for the construction of their school. 

25 February 2022 -  The Photo Gallery provides a visual of the project progress

We hope to complete the work by mid-March, 2022.

17 March 2022 - The success in the planning and construction of the Pinjang School is evident because of the dedication and determination displayed by our "team" from Sunbird Trust, Learn for Life and CESM, down through our magnificent committee of teachers/staff and our locals and students alike  who have worked tirelessly to have this beautiful  school built on time and on budget for our current and future Pinjang students. We couldn't be more proud. Construction should be complete by the end of April 2022.

15 May 2022 – Construction of the school water tank and leveling of the playing ground and basic leveling of the campus was completed in May 2022. This is a ferro cement cost effective water tank with 50,000 Litres of capacity. The technical team who constructed the tank came from Kerala. Plumbing for the water tank and electrification of the class rooms will be done this week. With this, the total work of the school will be completed. The furniture and the teaching aids have been ordered and they will be supplied by mid of June 2022.