Inauguration of School by Italian PRT in Herat

Herat, October the 06^th 2009.

Today has been organized the inauguration of one between the many projects that Italian PRT is realizing in Herat’s province. The project that has been concluded today was constituted by the construction of a new 8 classroom School in Niswan Nang Abad, Ghorian District, for an amount of about 100.000 euros.

In detail the project was constituted by the construction of a new building, with rectangular plan and developed on a single level of 645 square meters.

The typology chosen presents a distribution of classrooms along a central corridor to simplify route and, eventually, build new classroom for students increase. This type of distribution allow the structure to grow in a modular way to satisfy the increasing demand. The building is complete of water supply system served by a new well and a sewage system complete of septic tank. The site is protected with a new surrounding wall, and the school is completed with an external latrine building, a playground and a generator room.

Moreover, the school was completed with a donation of each kind of needed furniture, for a further amount of more than € 13.000.

The Italian representative was composed by PRT Commander, Col. Michele Brandonisio, and the CIMIC-PRT Commander, Cap. Manuel Solastri. Local Authorities, constituted by Mr. Gholam Azrat Tanha, Chief of Education Department and Mr. Abdul Wahab Kahn, Chief of Education Management Office of Ghorian District, have shown as usual during last months their appreciation for Italian Contingent’s perform in general and for Civil Military Cooperation overall.

All the local representatives have taken the opportunity to thank Italian PRT for the extraordinary contribution to their Country’s reconstruction, with truly and deep appreciation words for Italian military’s operate in cooperation activities.