CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE:
R
ukut is a small village on the
Yarkhun River. Approximately
20 families call it home. Located
a short distance from the
Afghanistan border in Pakistan’s
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the
village is remote to say the least.
A featured project of CAI’s
2015 Spring Capital Campaign,
funds were collected to build a
permanent school in the village.
Construction began in May on
land donated by the community.
CAI purchased and delivered materials, such as
wood and concrete, while villagers collected gravel
and stone from the nearby river. The community
came together to provide unskilled labor to assist
the skilled laborers brought in by CAI.
The building was completed in September,
ahead of the cold weather. The school
boasts four classrooms, one office, two
toilets, and a boundary wall.
Previously there had been only one
teacher, Mr. Essa Khan. After teaching in
two other CAI-supported schools north of
Rukut, Khan is happy now to be working
in his home village.
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