The timber framed buildings at Ngari Community High School, form part of EAA's collaboration with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Education (MEHRD) and local communities. They are part of the reconstruction program in response to the earthquake and tsunami which struck the islands in April 2007, with each building design taken from a standard set of documents that EAA formulated with MEHRD.
Five building types have been constructed on an elevated rural site at Ngari. The construction of each phase of the masterplan for the school was run as a community project, with EAA acting as a project facilitator. Locally sourced skilled carpenters acted as project leaders, with volunteers from the community providing labour support.
Phases 1 and 2 at Ngari, form exemplar building types for a more extensive reconstruction and rehabilitation program throughout the province, which has seen over 100 schools with new buildings and improved infrastructure based on EAA's standard designs. This program was completed in early 2011.
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