{"id":1388,"date":"2014-05-22T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T06:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2014-05-22T07:30:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T06:30:34","slug":"kamenge-primary-school-ii-its-rehabilitation-is-urgent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/kamenge-primary-school-ii-its-rehabilitation-is-urgent\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamenge Primary School II: Its rehabilitation is urgent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kamenge Primary School II was destroyed by the heavy rain of 9-10 February 2014 that caused many damages in Northern area of Bujumbura City Council. The school management asks for an urgent help for the school rehabilitation.-<\/strong>By Yves Didier Irakoze<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kamenge Primary School III after damage \u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/em><\/strong>According to Dominique Seseka, Headmaster of Kamenge Primary school II, the incident occurred during the flood of 9-10 February at Gatunguru in the north of Bujumbura. The water reached the level over the school premises and damaged everything inside. \u201cThe school office has been completely damaged; desks, tables, books and some of the school kits inside the classrooms have been washed away by the rainwater. The latrines are plugged,\u201d states Seseka.<\/p>\n

After the flood, there are always some setbacks: now, all the pupils are transferred to other schools until the problem is fixed. They are at the \u201cLyc\u00e9e Municipal\u201d of Ngagara, \u201cLyc\u00e9e Municipal\u201d of Kamenge, Fundamental Schools of Kamenge III and Mirango. For the Headmaster, this incident also affects the pupils\u2019 education level. \u201cDue to the transfer and the long distance pupils make, some miss the school while others turn back before reaching the school. There are pupils who are obliged to attend afternoon lessons due to the availability of places in the schools where they have been transferred. It is difficult for them to study in these conditions. As a matter of fact, the results are far from being satisfactory and perfect,\u201d deplores Seseka.
\nHowever, the Headmaster thanks the Bujumbura City Council\u2019s Provincial Educational Authority (DPE) for having called upon different schools to provide books. He also indicates that some NGO\u2019s \u201cHelp Channel\u201d have done a good job to give assistance. Furthermore, according to him, his thanks go to some Bujumbura City Council\u2019s MP\u2019s for offering some school kits to pupils.<\/p>\n

Need for an urgent assistance<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Dominique Seseka, various institutions have helped very much though many things need to be done immediately. \u201cWe need an urgent help from donors and the government must ensure that sanitary buildings like toilets are in good conditions. Moreover, new desks should be provided and the Headmaster\u2019s office has to be reconstructed, states Seseka. The Headmaster adds that as far as the school is near the bridge over Nyabagere River, this kind of incident will always occur during the heavy rain. \u201cWhen there is a heavy rain, the river overflows and leave its way. So, it\u2019s very dangerous for the school. Then, the bridge should be strengthened to avoid such problems,\u201d points out Seseka.
\nNdikubwayo Eug\u00e9nie, Representative of the parents\u2019 committee indicates that what happened has slowed down the activities and affected pupils. So, she asks the government to facilitate pupils to come back to their school urgently. \u201cThis will help pupils study in good conditions without making long distances. Parents should also be supported morally after having paid a contribution of 1000BIF per pupils for rehabilitation activities,\u201d concludes Ndihokubwayo.
\nIwacu tried to contact the Director of \u201cDPE\u201d but in vain. He says he was busy in the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamenge Primary School II was destroyed by the heavy rain of 9-10 February 2014 that caused many damages in Northern area of Bujumbura City Council. The school management asks for an urgent help for the school rehabilitation.-By Yves Didier Irakoze According to Dominique Seseka, Headmaster of Kamenge Primary school II, the incident occurred during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[257,351],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}