News & Views From Nepal
Photo: Naresh Newar/IRIN The marginalised Janjati children in the mountains rarely make it to grade two due to poverty KATHMANDU, 14 June 2010 (IRIN) – Millions of children from marginalized ethnic families in Nepal are drifting out of education …
NEPAL: Disadvantaged children missing out on education Read...LET’S BUILD A MODEL ECO VILLAGE IN NEPAL! The Kevin Rohan Memorial Eco Foundation is a growing NGO in Nepal and an opportunity is available to integrate all of the programs above and build the Foundation around a core physical …
Let’s build an eco dynamic community in Nepal! Read...At home, 11-year-old Lalita, helps her mother fetch water, cut vegetables and clean the house. On holidays, she collects firewood – a six-hour journey on foot from her house. Unlike most kids, Lalita prefers to go to school and wishes …
Nepal: ‘I Would Have Gone Hungry Without School Meals’ Read...Children of the Mountain is a UK registered charity (registered number: 1142469), regulated by the UK’s charity commission. Our aim is to support the poorest children in rural Nepal, providing them with opportunity through education and personal development. We actively …
childrenofthemountain.org Read...DUBAI // A charity gala has raised Dh95,000 to help build a new school in a deprived area of Nepal. Related Guests paid Dh350 each to attend the event, which was organised by Children of the Mountain and featured a …
Charity gala raises Dh95,000 for school in Nepal Read...Deafness may be congenital or a result of a childhood illness like Measles, meningitis, high fever or any infection that goes untreated. In Nepal, there are families with multiple children with deafness and more often than not they are diagnosed …
Pruwanchal Deaf School- Hope in the Sea of Silence Read...PHASE raises levels of literacy and numeracy giving children and adults more opportunities and choices. We support governmental schools with teaching materials, buildings, water supplies and toilets, salaries for extra teachers and early childhood development. Adult literacy rates are very …
Education Read...As part of the Global Curriculum Project and to further develop our links with Annal Jyoti School, five girls from the Sixth Form and two members of staff travelled to Nepal during July. Below is Nicola Skakel’s account of her …
Global Curriculum Project,Nepal Read...By Abhaya Raj Joshi Come April 14 next year, 30 men and women from across Nepal will embark on a mission — to kick start a process to transform themselves and the country. The fresh university graduates, chosen …
Teaching for Nepal: Transforming the country one classroom at a time Read...Xpress Money, the world’s most dependable money transfer brand, recently donated text books to close to 100 underprivileged students between grades VI to X. This donation drive was undertaken by the brand as part of H.O.P.E, their consolidated sustainable corporate …
Xpress Money brings H.O.P.E to school children in Nepal Read...CNN Films’ “Girl Rising” documents extraordinary girls and the power of education to change the world. Watch June 16 on CNN (CNN) — Purnima lives in Nepal. She wants to be a nurse. But because she is a girl instead …
Going to school, instead of work Read...Agence France-Presse Posted at 05/14/2013 4:28 PM | Updated as of 05/14/2013 4:28 PM KATHMANDU, Nepal – The annual rush to the hills by villagers keen to harvest a rare aphrodisiac fungus dubbed “Himalayan Viagra” has emptied rural schools in …
‘Himalayan Viagra’ harvest rush shuts Nepal schools Read...The whole purpose of SLC still seems to be rote learning, mugging, and writing down repetitive paragraphs to fill up exam papers. -SHRIJANA SINGH YONJAN My eldest daughter is giving her SLC (School Leaving Certificate) examination this year along with …
Comedy of errors -SLC’s worth and standard Read...Jerry Mintz Many parents don’t realize that the education world has changed drastically since they were in school. Schools and class sizes used to be smaller, dropout rates lower, in-school violence almost unheard of, and teachers weren’t terrified of showing …
Ten signs you need a different kind of education for your child Read...A classroom is that place where students learn to ask questions, discover new things about the world and become more learned people. Failure of the teachers to engage students and provoke curiosity in them might lead to students being bored …
When boredom strikes the classroom-Things students do when bored Read...