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Progress <strong>Report</strong> contd.<br />
KUDATHTHANAI KARAIYOOR RCTMS Jaffna<br />
Address<br />
Potpathy, Kudathanai,<br />
Vadamarachchi, Jaffna.<br />
Students<br />
110<br />
Lead Club<br />
RC Colombo North<br />
Associate Club 1<br />
RC Jaffna<br />
District Coordinator<br />
R. Ragunanthanan<br />
Kudaththanai Karaiyoor Roman<br />
Catholic Tamil Missionary<br />
School is a Primary and<br />
Secondary Grade school with<br />
classes from Grades 1-10(O<br />
Level). The school has 12<br />
Teachers and 110 students - 54<br />
boys and 56 girls.<br />
In February 2005, work<br />
commenced in cleaning out the<br />
school premises of all debris<br />
and preparing the site for a<br />
survey and some preliminary<br />
inspections.<br />
Thereafter a succession of<br />
unfortunate events delayed the<br />
entire process and we were<br />
unable to take advantage of the<br />
early momentum we had begun.<br />
The withdrawal of our original<br />
Contractor was the main reason<br />
for the initial delay and it was<br />
some time before we secured the<br />
services of another contractor<br />
who was willing to work in the<br />
area.<br />
We then encountered more<br />
delays in the fi nalization of<br />
estimates, and the designs of<br />
the school which required some<br />
modifi cations. Sporadic civil<br />
unrest in the area then set in and<br />
it was fi nally only in December<br />
Latest picture from site<br />
“Despite working through diffi cult conditions,<br />
construction continued at a reasonable pace until<br />
mid February with all foundations completed...”<br />
School Sponsors<br />
RIBI (<strong>Rotary</strong> Intl Britain & Ireland)<br />
Reconstruction Cost<br />
37.0 million (LKR)<br />
2005 that we commenced actual construction work. However, work<br />
progressed at a reasonable pace with a small workforce.<br />
Despite working through diffi cult conditions, construction continued at<br />
a reasonable pace until mid February with all foundations completed,<br />
while other material was being prefabricated at another site<br />
Work was temporarily suspended at site in mid March pending report<br />
on cement/sand casting blocks. However, this was quickly resolved<br />
with the Project Engineer and Ministry staff and work resumed on site<br />
the following week.<br />
April saw little progress as the site was closed for the local New Year<br />
holiday. Unfortunately since May, work has been temporarily halted at<br />
site owing to security concerns in the area. The situation took a turn for<br />
the worse with heavy fi ghting erupting close to the construction site.<br />
The area is now out of bounds for civilians. However, the Apex<br />
Committee together with the Ministry is monitoring the situation<br />
regularly.<br />
30 <strong>Rotary</strong> SCB Schools Trust (Gte) Ltd ‘Schools Re-awaken’ Project Annual Review
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