This school is located in the Farm-e Hada
area of Jalalabad City. The number of students
at this school is 3,035 including 1,500 girls.
According to the last survey conducted on
January 16, 2016 by SKO, the school has
10,000 square meters of allocated space. This
school has only a boundary wall, no building,
no rooms, and no toilets. There is only one
tent used as a school office. The students
come in two shifts (morning and afternoon).
For classrooms they use tarpaulins (heavyduty waterproof cloth) and plastic carpets laid
down in open air. Trees provide shade during
the hot months.
According to the SKO January 2016
survey, 480 families related to the Gujjar
nomadic tribe have recently returned from
Pakistan. These families live in different parts
of Nangarhar Province (80 families reside in
Batikot district, an ISIS-dominated area these
days, and 400 other families in Kama district
which is a relatively secure area). These people
do not have schools or any other educational
facilities for their children. There are 130
children in Batikot and 450 children in
Kama district who have the greatest need for
schools. The nomads take the school tents and
their homes, which are also tents, with them
when they migrate. n
Batikot and Kama District
Nomad Mobile Schools
Funds needed: $12,000
BATIKOT:
14 TENTS = $2,800 for 419
students
SUPPLIES: Teacher salaries,
stationary, books, school bag,
uniform, plastic carpet, portable
toilets, blackboards, and sports
equipment.
Grade 6 class, Lokhai Primary School
KAMA:
15 TENTS = $3,000 for 435
students
SUPPLIES: Teacher salaries,
stationary, books, school bag,
uniform, plastic carpet, portable
toilets, blackboards, and sports
equipment.
Students of Kamp-e Farm Hada School.
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