THE IGHIU SCHOOL IGHIU IS APPROXIMATELY 16 KILOMETRES FROM ALBA IULIA. THE SCHOOL TEACHES AROUND 160 CHILDREN. THERE WERE NO TOILET FACILITIES, APART FROM A SHED LIKE BUILDING IN THE YARD WITH FOUR HOLES IN THE GROUND THAT WAS USED BY BOTH TEACHERS AND CHILDREN.

THE SCHOOL WAS WITHOUT A WATER SUPPLY. OUR GROUP DUG A WELL TO A DEPTH OF 60 FEET AND INSTALLED A SUBMERSIBLE PUMP THAT WOULD DELIVER WATER TO THREE STORAGE TANKS. THE TANKS THEN SUPPLIED HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER TO MOST CLASSROOMS. WE INSTALLED PURPOSE BUILT TOILET CUBICLES SEPARATED FOR STAFF, BOYS AND GIRLS INTO TWO ROOMS WITH FLUSHING LAVATORIES AND WASHING FACILITIES. THE WASTE IS DISCHARGED INTO A SEPTIC TANK THAT WE DUG IN THE GROUNDS. FLOURESCENT LIGHTING WAS INSTALLED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.

THE BASEMENT WAS CHANGED INTO A CARPENTRY CLASSROOM WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICS AND NEW WINDOWS BUILT INTO THE WALLS. WE PROVIDED A VARIETY OF HAND TOOLS AND WORKBENCHES. AN INTERNET READY COMPUTER, OTHER WORK COMPUTERS AND MUCH SCHOOL AND SPORTS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DONATED WITH MANY TOYS ETC. FOR THE KINDERGARTEN. A NEW KINDERGARTEN IS TO BE BUILT BY THE ROMANIANS WITH THE PLUMBING AND HEATING INSTALLED BY US.

October 2002

After kind donations from Lockheed Martin and Data Direct ltd we managed to supply 3 computers and enough photo copier toner to last them a couple of years!

Fortunately skills were at hand to swap over CD drives!

Jeremy handing over the toner cartridges from Data Direct Ltd.