Provide Education to 20 Disabled Nepali Children

Summary

Help blind, deaf, and physically disabled students escape the stigmas of their disabilities. Enable them to get an education, learn to take care of themselves, and give back to Nepali society.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

In Nepal, disabled children are often seen as cast-offs or as punishment for "sins" of the family. Most Nepali schools lack any facilities for the disabled, and the government doesn't provide for the disabled. Most disabled children cannot even get to the schools, and are forced to spend most of their childhoods in their homes, hidden and isolated from society. Only 30% of the disabled ever go to school. They seldom have an opportunity to prove that they can be productive members of society.

How will this project solve this problem?

NYOF identifies blind, deaf, and physically disabled children who could not go to school without NYOF's support, gives them scholarships to schools that teach them to be iindependent, and provides housing or transportation to schools as needed.

Potential Long Term Impact

These scholarships enable blind, deaf, and physically disabled children to attend school, learn to take care of themselves, and learn to obtain employment. Without this help, most would spend their lives at home all day, dependent on their families.

Project Message

If NYOF had not supported me, I would have been a beggar wandering on the streets or I could have even died. Because of (this support)…I am satisfied with my life.
- A blind student, who has been supported by NYOF

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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