Shlama Foundation improves learning conditions for 400 students in Baghdeda

Shlama Foundation has completed a major two-phase rehabilitation project benefiting two Assyrian schools in Baghdeda (Qaraqosh), providing approximately 400 students and teachers with a significantly improved learning environment for the new school year.

With $45,000 in collective support from individuals and organizations across the United States, the project transformed 13 classrooms at Mar Afram Secondary School and Ashurbanipal Primary School.

The initiative was implemented in two phases. The first involved installing a complete solar energy system to provide reliable electricity to all 13 classrooms, alongside year-round heating and cooling. The second phase focused on comprehensive classroom rehabilitation, including the installation of secondary ceilings for improved insulation, wall repairs and painting, and the installation of modern lighting.

The secondary ceilings are particularly important to improving energy efficiency, reducing the demands placed on the solar system and helping extend its lifespan, while also creating better conditions for modern classroom lighting.

Teachers and heads of the schools gathered for an inaugural ceremony to celebrate the completion of the renovation of the class rooms. Photo: Shlama Foundation.

With the school year now underway in Iraq, approximately 400 students and teachers are benefiting from the improved facilities. Shlama Foundation expressed its deep gratitude to the organizations and supporters whose contributions made the $45,000 project possible, including Stand With Iraqi Christians, Assyrian Aid Society of America, DT Institute, the American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, and the Chaldean American Student Association at Oakland University (OU CASA).

Baghdeda is the main town in the Nineveh Plain in Iraq's Assyria Region.