Construction Project in Ban Klang!

A group of about 15 of us arrived at Prakothaban school. Before we began our work the director gave us a tour of the whole school.

In this school there is approximately 150-200 girls and about 100 boys who all reside on the school grounds. The girls dormitory was the first area that we were shown. The girls stay in a very small room with broken fans and sleep on wooden floors with very limited to no padding. The boys also have dormitories with slightly better conditions, but share one Thai bath that has no covering to keep it clear of the outside elements.


Many of the classrooms had walls covered in filth and several of the desks were no longer in a working condition. In a 2 week period the construction team at GVI was able to fix fans, paint classrooms, repair desks, tile floors, repair walls of dorms, build a cover for the boys bath, build a roof over the boys bathrooms, repair some of plumbing, repair the areas for the children to sit at, and involve the students for a major rubbish clean up.

I unfortunately was not a part of the construction project throughout the entire process due to teaching responsibilities, but I found it absolutely amazing to see the hard work and dedication that this team of volunteers had. It is a great feeling to be able to provide these students with an improved learning environment and to see a group of people come together for the common good of a culture so vastly different than their own.

Written by: Sarah Beck

Construction Project in Ban Klang!