Olya high school at Enjil district of Herat was only a quadrangle, did not have doors, desks and chairs and the students of only one class had access to desks and chairs. In addition, the school did not have library and its facade was extremely old and in serious need of immediate renovation. These problems had left a destructive impact on students and had wiped away any incentive in them to continue their studies.
These problems were identified by Integrity Watch provincial staff and local monitors in collaboration with the school authorities. IWA staff and local monitors in addition to community elders and school authorities attended several meeting to discuss the problems and their solutions with the related authorities, yet the only response they received from the ministry of education was: “We do not have budget line for these problems.” They also met with W.F.P and Chise.V and other institutions to find solution for school’s problems.
Following the meetings, all the participants in the said meetings decided to use the money the village had gathered from community members to purchase two metal doors plus a gate costing around 19000Af and they repaired the doors by the assistance of local people. Chais. V NGO undertook the expense of the new paint for the school and prepared 110 desks and chairs, so 330 students benefited from this assistance. In addition, few book shelves were donated to the school library by Chais.V NGO and two computers and two desks were provided by Abdulqadir Asimi, director of W.F.P to Olya high school.
