Dear Friends,
'Educating Nepal' established by few of generous youths in our society have been working hard to make under privileged people aware about their capabilities and helping them to make their children educated in remote villages in Nepal, now concentrated in Majhi Gaaun, a remote village in Sindhupalchok district. EN believes Effective learning starts with a favorable learning
environment and is dedicated to create a similar positive environment to the deprived children in Majhi Gaaun with a local school completely run by the local resources available then.
This blog here is posted here to let you know that they are in need of our love and support. We are a group of different individuals of various professions, if we could be a little help to their dedication, that could be a great motivation towards the dedicated youths. If you are impressed with the idea, we could conduct a mission to serve the children with their basic needs for education in near future too. You can also sponsor a pupil a year whose total cost a year would be NRs 6000 per pupil as NRs 500 per month is the unit cost for a child.
We are looking forward to hear from you soon.
We are looking forward to hear from you soon.
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Grant Request
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 26
(Education for all)
Everyone
has the human right to education including
free and compulsory elementary education. Technical and professional
education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be
equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
The right to education ensures access to quality schools and shall be directed
to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote
understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious
groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the
maintenance of peace.
Proposed by:
Educating Nepal
Thamel-29, KMC
Kathmandu, Nepal
March 2014
Date:
March 24, 2014
Respected
Sir,
Educating
Nepal is pleased to submit this request for your review. We look forward to
your cooperation in building the community of Jholunge Basti, Majhi Gaun,
Bhotsippa-9, Sindupalchowk.
Educating
Nepal is a youth-led non-government organization dedicated to making the
children from every corner of Nepal literate, learned and wise. The
organization started in 2009, when three young people with a noble initiative
started teaching a few kids from Majhi Gaun, Sindhupalchowk. The numbers
slowly increased and a school was founded in 2010. Educating Nepal was formally
registered as an NGO on December 21, 2012.
We
at Educating Nepal believe that every child has the right to free education. To
be able to expand one’s knowledge and become an independent, responsible and a
successful citizen is every Nepali’s birthright. We want to make this dream
come true because we care about them. We want the children, regardless of
caste, creed or wealth to get equal treatment. We want the children to be
trained in all aspects of hygiene, national and global awareness as well as
information technology.
Our
initial requirements are stable classrooms to provide a good learning
environment, hostel facilities for volunteers to make learning smooth and as
many educational materials as possible. For this, we have allocated a total fund
of Rs 3 million. The immediate need is a concrete building for which budget of Rs
1.5 million has been allocated and we have collected Rs 750,000
so far. The
number of students is steadily growing and this has only been possible through
generosity of people like you.
Your
support in this initiative will be highly appreciated. You are one driving
catalyst to a required change in Nepal.
Warm
Regards,
………………………….
Aashish Ghimire
(Director Member)
Vision
We envision a prosperous nation with an
all-round development in areas such as health, wealth and environment made
possible by formal, non-formal and informal education, and through mass
participation of youths who are impelled in their own right to conceive
righteously the significance of philanthropy and social responsibility.
Mission
Statement
Educating Nepal is
committed to bringing about social reforms primarily by educating
children—especially the underprivileged, not only the children with the ability
to read and write, but those with the ability to have an open mind and to
acquire the right skills to move forward.
Objectives
We thrive on the
following three aspects of education for the underprivileged children and the
community as a whole
Education
Ø Academic
Curriculum
Ø Value
Education
Ø IT
Education
With the following
objectives, we plan to meet our goal
·
To initiate schools in the remote areas
of Nepal, and to provide free quality education for the underprivileged and
deprived children of Nepal, especially of the backward communities;
·
To help derive a curriculum prioritizing value education ;
·
To provide IT training and to take such
a technology to remote areas of Nepal;
·
To offer financial or technical support
to the public or community schools of Nepal;
·
To utilize local resource and labor to
provide free education to the children;
· To provide health and sanitation education,
environmental education, and employment-oriented skills and education as part
of our mission of educating Nepal; and to conduct relevant awareness programs;
·
To build auxiliary infrastructure like a
library to facilitate learning; and
·
To conduct various fund raising and
awareness programs.
The
need
Pictures, stories, news
often speak of the reality of Nepal. At one side, we see how simplicity is
actually blissful; but we also see the harsh reality underneath.
The villages of Nepal
do not have all the facilities that the modern world provides. It lacks all the
basic infrastructure needs. And in this process, the innocent faces are also
affected. They don’t have access to the most basic form of education. There may be a school founded but there are
no proper classrooms. There are children who think that computer is an alien
creature while kids in other parts demand for an ipad. There may be a school
but no one teaches them the right thing. Apart from that, the children
themselves are lost in taking care of household chores that their basic right
gets lost somewhere. The consequences of this could just be a sad photograph
for now. But in the long run, we just lose invaluable resources that could
develop our country. In addition, where even the well educated people are
easily getting involved in disgraceful activities, malfeasance or simply not
utilizing knowledge in day to day life and recurrently falling into ethical
traps, our value education campaign is apt to rejuvenate the young minds with
proper conscience exhorted by resolute sense of morality.
This is a harsh reality
that we must pay heed now before we lose another batch of precious human
resource. And it’s time we do something from our part and hope for a better
tomorrow. We are but a drop in the ocean. Why not make that drop a significant
one?
The
solution
"Life’s most
persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"
Martin Luther King
rightly said it. The solution is to look out for opportunities to do things for
others. The solution now lies in education. Educating Nepal is seeking out
opportunities to solve this crucial problem.
The solution lies in
raising funds more funds, marketing ourselves so we can form a good base. A good foundation needs a lot of support from
notable people and organization. You are a part of us and our solution.
The solution lies in
bringing up new ideas to ensure that the community is sustainable. The solution
lies in giving what you have. It can be anything in cash, kind or service. You
can help in terms of Educational resources, human resource, ideas, and
opportunities to help us grow. You will be doing a lot this way.
Project
Description
EN
currently requires funding to develop and grow itself as a stronger entity. The
team is very energetic to take a more stable start. Effective learning starts
with a favorable learning environment. The initial focus of Educating Nepal is
to develop an environment favorable to both students and teachers. Therefore,
our project mostly focuses on laying a strong foundation.
As our start-up project, we are
limited to Majhi Gaun. Majhi Gaun is translated literally as the
village of fishermen. Children had been struggling to go to school because of
two major difficulties, one being the distance and the other social
issues. The nearest school was a two
hour walk which is almost impossible for an eight year old. Furthermore, the particular school is
operated by Brahmins, a supposedly higher caste. This futile social issue further reduces
their chances of attending school due to the limitations of caste system.
Under the watchful guidance of
EN, the number of student has steadily increased and Suryodaya Prathamik School was formally registered as a community
school in 2010, which is providing quality education to 120 students. The
classrooms in there are built
with a temporary wooden design using local resources. The current project is
aimed at building a more stable framework and classrooms. A hostel facility is
also needed for the incoming volunteers and teachers as a good lodging facility
will increase the flow of full time teachers. Thus, eventually take us nearer
to our goal.
Apart from that, we are also keen
on developing educational resources like computers, books, notebooks or any
sort of educational materials. We want to build an IT lab in the long run to
make information and knowledge more accessible. We at Education Nepal aim to go
where children do not have access to proper education.
Target
Market and Geographical area
Education for all is
our mantra. Our target is anywhere where education and awareness are not
available.
We at Education Nepal
aim to go where children do not have access to proper education. However, as
our startup project, we are limited to Majhi Gaun. Majhi Gaun is
translated literally as the village of fishermen. Children have been struggling
to go to school because of two major difficulties, one being the distance and
the other social issues. The nearest
school is a two hour walk which is almost impossible for an eight year
old. Furthermore, the particular school
is operated by Brahmins, a supposedly higher caste. This futile social issue further reduces
their chances of attending school due to the limitations of caste system.
We want to create a
model system there and start exploring other areas to provide our service.
To be more specific, we
are now targeted in Majhi Gaun in Sindhupalchowk district. Our target
population is 65 households with 150 children.
Description
of Organization
Educating Nepal is a
youth-led non-governmental organization. It is a tax-exempted entity,
registered under Organization Registration Act 2034, section(4) and affiliated
to Social Welfare Council under section 14 of Social Welfare Act 2049 working
towards educating underprivileged and deprived children free of cost, thereby
enabling them to a better tomorrow. It is a team of energetic youths aspiring
to contribute something for the country’s future.
Educating Nepal is an initiative
that started in 2009 and was formally registered as a non government organization
on December 21, 2012. The organization is focused on providing a platform for
over all development of children in terms of empirical knowledge, information
and skills governed by ethics. Our aspiration lies in going to areas where the
communities are helpless, where the 21st generation facilities have
not reached yet; still there are people who want to do something.
We are currently
focusing our work in Majhi Gaun. But we aim to spread to other
communities and move closer to calling Nepal a 100% educated nation.
Contact
Information
Educating Nepal
Thamel-29, KMC, Kathmandu, Nepal
Website www.educating-nepal.org
Email info@educating-nepal.org
Contact Persons
Mr Ashirwad
Tripathy Mr Sandip Sen Thakuri
(Executive
Director) (Secretary)
Mobile 9841255623 Mobile
9841625581
Goals, Outcomes and Evaluation Plan
Project Goals
Goal
1: To have a
proper infrastructure, curriculum and materials for the community school with
relevant ambience for free quality
education.
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Measurable
Outcomes
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Strategies
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Timeline
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Evaluation
Measures
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A temporary
structure for grade nursery, LKG/UKG and grade 1 has already been built. An
improvised structure till grade three will be built.
An English medium
community school with a curriculum designed by experts emphasizing government
academic compliances, value education and IT education based on practical
pedagogy.
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Collection of
grants from various national and international sources along with
participation and optimum utilization of available local resources.
Co-ordination
with experienced advisory boards and with the aid of reputed education
experts.
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March 2013
to March 2015
By December 2013
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Special EN
project squad and community task force evaluating the progress, measures and
needs of the school infrastructure.
Child
developmental assessment surveys and pre-post tests to determine lesson
learnt and increased skills.
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Goal
2: To have a
well equipped computer or ICT lab within the school for the students and
other members of the community.
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A lab with 3
computers is in operation at the moment which will increase to 20 with
additional technological and communication facilities.
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Collection of
computers advanced or equivalent to Pentium 3 from general public and through
grants.
Training of basic
computer course for two youths of the village.
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January 2013 to
January 2014
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Promotion of use
and need of ICT in day to day life and demonstrating how it makes life easier
through long term and short term volunteers. Also with relevant IT curriculum
for school.
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Project Supporting Goals
Goal
3: To involve idle youths of the community in
the project with provision of proper skills or empower them with
self-employment oriented trainings.
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Two previously
sponsored SLC graduated youths have been appointed as teachers for
pre-primary level. A couple of youths will be employed in the school and ICT
lab each on completion of relevant trainings. Few amongst others will be
trained to fulfill goal no 4
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Youths will
either be enrolled in relevant institution in the capital or project
volunteers will personally train them.
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January 2013 to
March 2014
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Project in charge
and volunteers will mentor the youths throughout their learning phase and
also conduct evaluation classes.
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Goal
4: Inspire the
exploration of local potential and it’s orientation to prosperous community
sustaining EN mission on their own in the long run.
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A concept of
rural based developmental co-operative will be introduced amongst the local
people with major objective to sustain financial needs of the school in the
long run that provides employment and skills to locals making them
independent
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A team of experts
will examine the geographical and other features of the community to evaluate
local potential. On their recommendation, co-operative will launch pertinent
agricultural or farming programs
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January 2013-
January 2015
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Productivity,
marketing of goods and services and relevance of activity pattern will at all
times be monitored. Simple accountings and workings of co-operative will be
mentored by special project task force.
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Strategic
plan to meet our goal
Educating
Nepal has 9 founding members in the Executive Committee who work in awareness
raising and managing projects of EN. Each EN project comprises a community
taskforce, which looks after the activities of EN projects. The functioning of
Community taskforce is divided into three parts i.e. Community School Board,
Youth Wing and Cooperative (development work). Each of these functioning bodies
is recognized for the sustainability of the school in the project area and for
empowerment of the local people. The Community School Board has been created
with the local people for management of the education system in the project
area. The board manages the hiring of staffs and teachers, providing materials
to the students and running day to day activities of the school among other
works. The youth wing, a congregation of youths of the community are empowered
through various skill oriented trainings or voluntary activities in the project
thereby creating opportunities of self-employment or employment in the project.
The final and one of the major activities of the taskforce is establishment of
cooperative with major objective of securing financial needs of the school and
working for welfare of the community. The aforementioned cooperative examines
the local potential and launches effective agricultural and farming programs
offering employment, business and investment environment. The predetermined
portion of the profit received from the cooperative will be utilized in
managing the school and ICT program so that it will function without the help
of EN in the long run. EN will work for
the inception while the management and sustainability of the community school
will be maintained by the community itself.
This
planning structure will lead to prosperous community through literacy and
developmental activities. After achieving a prosperous community, EN will move
forward to next project following similar structure to inspire other
communities.
History
Our story began in
2058. The credit goes to three people, Mr Hari Krishna Bhattarai, Mr Binod
Basnet and Mr Ashirwad Tripathy. Mr Bhattarai initially started teaching one
child from Majhi Gaun. Later he saw that two more children were
interested. This small personal project turned into a passion in three young
people. They wanted the entire village to open up to education, wisdom and
awareness like these three little ones. Thus began the journey of Educating
Nepal.
Educating Nepal started
in Majhi Gaun. The village is in Bhotsippa-9, Village Development
Committee (VDC) which is located 80 kilometers east of Kathmandu. The distance
is not much but you see real life there.
The entire village had
one only person, Mr Balbahadur Majhi who had graduated 10th grade,
known in Nepal as the School Leaving Certificate (SLC). He was proud of his
achievement and was willing to shoulder the responsibility of giving the same
opportunity to the children in his village. With the help of Educating Nepal,
Balbahadur has been looking after the construction and administration of the school.
Educating
Nepal Board of Directors
Mr Binod Basnet President
Ms Swechha Lamichhane Vice-President
Mr Ashirwad Tripathy Executive
Director Treasurer
Mr Sandip Sen Thakuri Secretary
Mr Rupak Malla Thakuri Co-Secretary
Ms Shriza Singh Member
Ms Arya Gautam Member
Mr Aashish Ghimire Member
Ms Angela Gurung Member
Leadership
Resume
The organization functions under the leadership of Mr Binod Basnet who is
the Charter President. He oversees the entire operation of the organization and
assures that the Board fulfills its responsibilities to the organization.
Working in partnership with the Executive Director, he makes sure that the
organization is moving in right track to achieve the mission of the
organization.
Mr Ashirwad Tripathy looks after everything operational, he does it all,
from serving
as a financial officer to managing committees and staff and
developing business plans in collaboration with the board for the future of the
organization as the Executive Director.
He is there to design, develop and
implement strategic plans for the organization in a cost-effective and
time-efficient manner and acts as a liaison between the Executive Committee and
the rest of the organization and a range of external stakeholders.
Budget
Plan
Expense Head
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Amount
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Project Overhead
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School Building under-construction
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Rs.
1,500,000
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School Operation Cost
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Rs. 480,000
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Community Development Tools
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Rs. 202,000
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Volunteers Management and Mobilization Cost
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Rs. 200,000
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Administrative Overhead
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Office Operation Cost
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Rs. 318,000
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Events, Promotion and Awareness Raising
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Rs. 300,000
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TOTAL
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Rs. 3,000,000
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The total estimated overhead is NRs. 3 million and the project overhead
amounts to NRs. 2.4 million.
We adopt a strict policy for
transparency. Our books of account are audited annually by a certified auditor.
We encourage bank transaction and following are the details our bank account.
Nepal Investment Bank Ltd
Putalisadak Branch, Kathmandu
A/c name EDUCATING NEPAL
A/c number 01202050250382
Swift code NIBL NPKT
“It's
not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” Mother Teresa
