News & Views From Nepal
by Kalpit Parajuli After pupils died in India from pesticide-tainted food, about 50 per cent of children in Nepal’s rural schools stay away. Despite government guarantees that food served in school is of good quality, experts complain of spoilt …
Fearing death from poisoning, Nepali children flee school Read...The government is all set to bring around 60,000 street and HIV/AIDS affected children into the school system and give them free education up to the primary level. Such a programme to be implemented by the Ministry of Education, in …
Govt all set to bring 60,000 street, HIV-hit kids into school system Read...Thursday 11 July 2013 11.55 BST Kanchha Sherpa will start practising on a medical bus in Melamchighyang, Nepal. Photograph: PR A son of yak farmers is to be the first ever doctor in his rural village in Nepal after graduating …
A Nepalese village gets its first doctor Read...ABU DHABI // It took just three days in Nepal last month for five Emirati students at Zayed University to have their safe and comfortable worlds turned upside down. Reem Thani, Sahar al Musalli, Muneera al Hanjari, Fatima al Sayegh …
Nepal trip eye-opener to poverty for Emirati students Read...DUBAI // A charity gala has raised Dh95,000 to help build a new school in a deprived area of Nepal. Guests paid Dh350 each to attend the event, which was organised by Children of the Mountain and featured a silent …
Charity gala raises Dh95,000 for school in Nepal Read...A group of Fort Collins residents have some funon Poon Hill in Nepal while on a trip of education and exploration. Courtesy of Barb Patterson Most people come to Nepal the first time for the mountains; they come back …
Front Range professor forms a connection with a school in Nepal Read...Sarah Young / 4 July 2013 Tariq Al Gurg and Badr Jafar signing the pact. — Supplied photo Construction on a school for impoverished children in Nepal — many of whom have to walk kilometres to be educated each day …
School to be built in Nepal Read...Aryaa Rajouria Ullens School The exams have been over, yet the most stressful part of being a post-10th grader remains. It is that time of the year again, overstuffed with applications and interviews. The final results come in, and it …
SCHOOL EDUCATION: Choices Galore Read...World Nepal We are students that go to a school that is very involved in fundraising for organizations to help support education in less privileged countries. As students, we are trying to raise awareness for a school in Nepal. Our …
Welcome to World Nepal! Read...“SOS Children – a charity where deeds speak louder than words” The Dalai Lama Choosing a charity When the Dalai Lama said that we were “a charity where deeds speak louder than words” doubtless he knew there are lots of …
SOS Children Charity Read...(Source: Nepalnews.com, 17 July 2010) Link: http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/8-news-in-brief/7634-nepali-youths-run-in-london-to-support-schools.html A group of Nepali youths — who took part in the British 10 K run in London last week — have called upon all to support their initiative to raise funds for three schools …
Nepali youths run in London to support schools Read...Ishwaree Neupane In recent years, globalisation of the world economy has helped to bring unprecedented demand for a great diversification in higher education. At the same time, higher education is being challenged by new opportunities related to technological …
Challenges in Education reform in Nepal Read...From poverty to slavery, Pramila, 15, from Nepal, has faced extreme challenges in going to school – and she’s seen far too many girls from her community suffer the same fate. “Because of poverty, I have had many problems in …
Journeys to school: Nepal Read...