School Reconstruction

Facts at a glance The project is committed to the re-establishment of a

regular school operation and an effective learning environment through the construction of safe primary Project Title: school buildings. School Reconstruction and Renovation Summary With this project, SDC Humanitarian Aid supports the Government of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) in

Swiss Contribution: reconstructing the educational infrastructure damaged by the

1,500,000 Swiss Francs devastating floods in 2010. The reconstruction is going to be realized within the framework of the “Islamabad Commitment for Child-Friendly Inclusive Schools to Ensure Quality Education for Time Frame: All”. In the first phase of the project, six out of 33 fully damaged November 2011 to primary schools in the Swat district will be rebuilt. Furthermore, September 2012 SDC Humanitarian Aid is going to rehabilitate 17 partially damaged schools in Swat and as well as in Charsadda and

Nowshera districts.

Geographic Focus: SDC Pakistan SDC Province of Khyber Background and Context Pakhtunkhwa, KPK (Swat, The incessant monsoon rain that Pakistan experienced for days Nowshera, Charsadda) on end throughout July and August 2010 led to the worst floods for a century. Around one fifth of the country has been affected, with the flood-hit area stretching for more than 1,500 km along

Partners: the Indus and its tributaries. The damage to infrastructure and

 PDMA/PaRRSA agriculture was immense. 14 million people were dependent on  Education Department humanitarian aid at the moment that the flooding was at its worst. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa At the end of July 2010, after providing emergency aid and Schools and Elementary helping the people get through the winter, SDC Humanitarian Aid Education started a number of reconstruction projects in the water supply  University of Peshawar and in the education sector.  UNICEF Regarding the education sector, more than 10,000 school

 UN-HABITAT facilities were either destroyed or categorized as in need for

reconstruction. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa statistics revealed Swat, Charsadda and Nowshera as the worst affected districts where 200 schools were fully damaged.

Objective The objective of the Project is that boys and girls in selected flood affected districts of KPK have a better access to primary education, and that the communities benefit from centrally located disaster resilient schools.

Expected results (1st phase 11/2011 to 09/2012)  In the first phase, six permanent school buildings are reconstructed in the communities of Badalai, Shinkoo and Manai.  17 partially damaged schools are rehabilitated to improve classroom and hygiene conditions in the district of Swat, as well as in communities in Charsadda and Nowshera districts.  SDC has facilitated the construction of four Transitional School Structures of UNICEF in Charsadda and Nowshera districts. These school structures are later on used as Women’s Centres.  ln cooperation with UN-HABITAT, local self builders are trained in "building back better" at the Competence Centers, which are set up at the school reconstruction sites of SDC-HA.

Contact Details Main Activities and Achievements Swiss Cooperation Office Pakistan  A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PDMA/PaRRSA House 3, Street 3, F-6/3, (Provincial Disaster Management Authority /Provincial Islamabad, Pakistan Reconstruction, Rehabilitation & Settlement Authority), the Phone: +92 51 22 79 280 Provincial Education Department and UNICEF has been Fax: +92 51 28 24 872 signed in December 2011. [email protected]  Plans/Designs for the schools have been developed with the www.sdcpakistan.org University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar.  SDC-HA has set up project offices in Mingora und Madyan.  200 Labourers have received construction training in “build

back better”.

 UNICEF is conducting teacher training courses in all ongoing

SDC-HA school projects to assure quality education.

 SDC-HA has already contributed to the construction of 90 schools in Manshera and Battagram in KPK according to anti- seismic norms following the major earthquake of 2005, and therefore can boast of its long-standing experience, solid partnerships, and well-developed network.

SDC Pakistan SDC

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.

The SDC office in Pakistan, as part of the Embassy of Switzerland, has been operating since 1966. SDC’s programme focuses on income generation, water and rural development. SDC Humanitarian Aid (SDC-HA) is assisting the Government of Pakistan in emergencies with relief and reconstruction programmes. SDC supports partners in the public and private sectors, February 2012 international organisations and civil society organisations. The annual budget is approx. 23 million Swiss Francs.