My New School Building

Last Friday (3/3) and Saturday (4/3), Wahana Visi Indonesia held the opening ceremony of two elementary school buildings in East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara that were built with the support of Mitsubishi Motors STEP Funds and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. The buildings of these two schools are old and need more classrooms, hampering teaching and learning activities. Elementary school students in East Manggarai still need to improve their literacy skills. Proper school facilities also play an essential role in supporting students and teachers to improve this.

Students, teachers, WVI team, and Mitsubishi team in front of classes that had been renovated.

The event was attended by students from both schools, teachers, parents, the community, district government, and religious leaders. The leader of the Catholic Diocese and the Regent of East Manggarai, Agas Andreas, expressed gratitude for establishing a safe, child-friendly school building with books and considering disaster risk reduction. They emphasized the importance of it and stated that they would continue to maintain and manage the two schools well. 

Hideki Hanaoka, CFO of PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia, who attended the event, said, "With the support of the Indonesian people, Mitsubishi Motors continues to produce and sell cars. We are happy and proud that our support has contributed to constructing a new elementary school building; we hope the children can enjoy many experiences in this school building. They continue to play a major role in Indonesia's development,".

The new classroom, ready to use.

Today, 221 students and 17 teachers in East Manggarai can conduct teaching and learning activities more safely and comfortably. More than that, learning activities full of literacy continue to be carried out. Students in East Manggarai will be more eager to learn to read and become children with many future provisions.