Archive for October, 2008
Quake-hit school set to reopen
A school rebuilt by the people of Edinburgh is set to open on the third anniversary of the earthquake which destroyed much of the region.
In October 2005, the massive quake killed 75,000 in the country’s north-western province, destroying entire villages and hundreds of key buildings.
But thanks to a fund raising campaign in the Capital, around £25,000 was raised and the school in the village of Kohley, in the Siran Valley, was rebuilt.
Three years on, the building will be officially opened next Wednesday.