Namibia PDNA 2009 - GFDRR

not have to provide food to learners. At the same the time they lost money because learners did not pay fees. The value of damage
and losses are given below.
Sector
Table 25: Summary of damage and losses in the Education Sector
Damage
(N$ million)
Losses
(N$ million)
Damage
(US$ million)
Losses
(US$ million)
Education sector 29.8 3.6 3.7 0.5
For more detail on the education sector, see Annex 9.
Source: Estimations by PDNA Team
Needs
The education sector disaster recovery strategy aims to address
infrastructural, technical assistance and training aspects of rebuilding
the education facilities. This involves rebuilding and repairing the
damaged facilities to improve resilience to natural disasters in the
future.
The safest solution is to place the school infrastructure, especially
toilets, above the maximum expected flood level. Ideally, the
buildings should be relocated onto a safer ground, particularly to a
site with good drainage, natural erosion deterrents (e.g. trees and
ground cover), and clear evacuation roads. If relocation into safer
ground is not possible, it may still be possible to elevate the site and/
or base of the building above the expected flood level with earthen
fill. The building’s lowest level should rest above the flood water, Figure 29: Makeshift classrooms after the flooding
either by resting the building on a concrete platform, or building
it on stilts. Where there is access to piped water, pit latrines should be replaced with flush toilets. Since road access was a major
impediment to school attendance, there is also a need to build all weather roads to access social infrastructure.
The estimated reconstruction needs to build-back public primary, secondary and combined schools to pre-flood conditions are
N$29.8 million. Total infrastructure recovery needs are N$113 million, of which N$56 million is the cost of rebuilding improved
school facilities which are more resilient to floods and N$57 million is for improving road access to rural schools. Table 26 shows the
projected costs for each of these scenarios. Early recovery, in this case, refers to repairs to school buildings, acquisition of furniture
and materials. In the medium to long term, however, the reconstruction needs will vary depending on whether reconstruction will
replace facilities as is, or whether reconstruction will take into account principles of build-back better.
Table 26: Education sector recovery and reconstruction needs
Phase of Recovery
Value
(N$ million)
Value
(US$ million)
Early Recovery 5.0 0.61
Medium to Long-Term Recovery 15.0 1.84
Reconstruction of schools with disaster-resilient standards 56.0 6.87
Construction of adequate road access to schools 57.0 6.99
Source: Estimations by PDNA Team
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