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Building BASS

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Days were hot, night were cooler and windy, and dusk, they were super awesome with setting sun on your work background. Bamboo Art Student Center (BASS) that was the name we gave to our project while discussing about its design at the Yellow House, Sanepa. Pronounced Bass (in Nepali) is the Nepali name for bamboo. The basic foundation Temporary Learning Center (TLC) we were going to build at Nimarchowk Lower Secondary School, Marpak was the Bamboo, that’s why we named our project the BASS. We got this design from one of our friend of Adam and Alba (our Irish and Spanish friends) Paulo. This design was jointly developed by ABARI and Learning Planet which was low cost and time efficient. Paulo supported us with the tarp to cover the roof for free. Sumira di and Verena ( a German friend) helped us to collect funds from their friends around. Women from village actively volunteered to remove the debris from collapsed school building. Diwash dai and I was in regular contact...