The building of New Rise Academy
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Kashyem near Kalimpong, India
Laying the foundation stone
Building materials arriving
Building materials arriving
Serious digging now underway
Foundations being prepared
The building site expands
Structural columns go up
Building starts December 2008
Building work, December 2008
Building the ground floor
The structure takes shape, January 2009
Building work progresses, January 2009
View of the work inside
Back elevation, February 2009
The building takes shape, February 2009
Plastering nearly complete, March 2009
Right elevation
Headteacher, SM, with the children in a new classroom, May 2009
Headteacher, SM, proudly stands outside his new school
Excited children in the new building
The pupils celebrate the new building, June 2009
The new building framed by the Himalayan countryside