{"id":4040,"date":"2016-01-24T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T21:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/?page_id=4040"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:56:55","slug":"shree-saatkanya-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/school-profiles\/shree-saatkanya-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Shree Saatkanya Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saatkanya-Madyamik-Bidhyalaya.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2897 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saatkanya-Madyamik-Bidhyalaya.jpeg\" alt=\"Saatkanya Prathamik Bidhyalaya\" class=\"wp-image-2897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saatkanya-Madyamik-Bidhyalaya.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saatkanya-Madyamik-Bidhyalaya-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saatkanya-Madyamik-Bidhyalaya-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saatkanya Prathamik Bidhyalaya, as it looked long before the earthquake. (I took this photo in December 2013.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I visited Saatkanya School for the first time in <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/project-update-december-visit-to-thangpalkot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2013<\/a>&nbsp;to check on and inquire after the progress of&nbsp;the school-library construction &#8212;&nbsp;the far room in the above photo. The next and the last time I visited the school was almost two years ago &#8212; on February 7, 2014 to be precise &#8212; when we&nbsp;set up their library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saat-Kanya-library.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2890 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saat-Kanya-library.jpeg\" alt=\"Saat Kanya school library.\" class=\"wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saat-Kanya-library.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saat-Kanya-library-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Saat-Kanya-library-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saat Kanya School library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(You can find all the details of the February visit in&nbsp;this post: <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/reading-in-thangpalkot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading in Thangpalkot<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/reading-in-thangpalkot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see more photos I took of the students and the library.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this is what the <a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/nepal-earthquake-mounting-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 25 Earthquake<\/a> reduced the small school to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7621 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school.jpg\" alt=\"Post Quake - Saat Kanya school\" class=\"wp-image-7621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-school-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The students are now housed in a Temporary Learning Center. (<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/+COMMITTEDNepal\/albums\/6160468823228867601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more photos of the students at Saatkanya Temporary Learning Center.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-TLC.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7622 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-TLC.jpg\" alt=\"Post Quake - Saat Kanya TLC\" class=\"wp-image-7622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-TLC.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-TLC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dorjegurung.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Post-Quake-Saat-Kanya-TLC-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saatkanya Temporary Learning Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I visited Saatkanya School for the first time in December 2013&nbsp;to check on and inquire after the progress of&nbsp;the school-library construction &#8212;&nbsp;the far room in the above photo. 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