Church Home Manipur News - Autumn 2007
Latest update on the Science and Library block.
The new Science Laboratory and the Library is now up to the first floor and the walls are being built. The floor was constructed by pouring literally several thousand buckets of concrete, all done manually.
As one can see from the picture, it is a large building housing three science laboratories, namely, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and a lecture room on the ground floor. The laboratories are modelled on that of a school in England and therefore are of fixed dimensions.
Because of the heavy monsoon during the summer months it is necessary to provide the ground floor rooms with a veranda all around and this has lent itself to providing a large floor space on the first floor. So we are making use of the available space for the school assembly hall and the library. The hall will have a stage for drama, other school functions and English worship service on Sunday afternoons but most of the time the hall will be used for indoor sports such as volleyball and badminton. If it is long enough we could add a basket ball court as well! Unlike many of the buildings in Manipur it will have toilet facilities on both the floors and a fire exit at the far-end of the building.
God bless you.
Kai Kipgen
OVERVIEW
The Manipur Charitable Trust is constituted by Trust Deed, and was formed in 1988 to propagate the Protestant Evangelical faith and to build and support the work of a Christian School at Haipi, Manipur in Northeast India.
Two members of Southdown Church are active members of the Manipur Trust, one being the Chairperson and the other is responsible for School Pupil sponsorship.
1st Teaching Block 1996
2nd Teaching Block 2000
Teachers Qtrs 2001
Borders Complex 2003
Science and Library Block due for completion 2008
Charity
Reg No. 298747
