Sending Children to School in Remote Villages

Support education in Nepal

Summary

Provide an education to the first generation of children in remote areas of Nepal. These disadvantaged children would remain illiterate, and continue their life of poverty without any hope of change. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Two-thirds of Nepal's population is illiterate; only 22% of the girls are literate. Schools in villages are grim with a high dropout rate. Schools don’t have sufficient teachers; the ones they have are poorly trained, and schools lack educational materials. School-aged children migrate to urban areas to work as domestic servants or laborers. NYOF provides scholarships to students because of poverty, to female students, to those from a low caste community, and those who are physically disabled.

Activities

NYOF is changing the future. NYOF improves and builds schools, trains the teachers, provides education materials, and pays the scholarships for children who would otherwise not have the ability to attend school. NYOF caters to the most disadvantaged.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $4,443
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $1,557
Total Funding Goal: $6,000

Additional Documentation

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

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Help eliminate poverty; an education is especially important to woman. Once educated women practice birth control, take better care of their families, and educate their children. Only hope for Nepali children who would otherwise remain illiterate.

Project Message

Education is the only real ticket out of poverty for Nepali children.
- Olga Murray, NYOF Board President and Founder

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Janis Olson
Executive Director
3030 Bridgeway, Suite 123
Sausalito, CA 94965
United States
415.331.8585
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organization

Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation (NYOF)
3030 Bridgeway, Suite 123
Sausalito, California 94965
United States
(415) 331-8585
http://www.nyof.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in NepalNepal and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 13, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 16, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

NYOF Plans to Eliminate Child Slavery from Nepal

By Olga Murray - Founder and President, January 13, 2010 04:51 PM

These girls are free from slavery and in school, thanks to NYOFOlga with one of the girls at K House, NYOF’s home for the needy
Dear Friends,

This is going to be an exciting year for the Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation. Next month, our staff will fan out over the five districts in west Nepal where girls are enslaved as bonded laborers to carry out our dynamic awareness program against the bonding custom. We will have a new weapon in our arsenal this year in addition to the piglet or goat we give the parents as incentives – the new government program to pay for the education or vocational training of all the girls we rescue. This is the culmination of a decade of lobbying the government by NYOF! We will emphasize to reluctant parents that their daughters will be eligible for a fully funded education by the government if they will consent to bring them home from their labors. Our plan is to rescue thousands of girls who have been or are about to be sold. Within a few years, we plan to completely eliminate the horrible tradition of selling Nepali girls into bondage. Those of you who have contributed to this cause have our eternal gratitude.

We still need your generous support to liberate the bonded girls and conduct our awareness campaign, because the government funding will not be used for these purposes.

We are deeply grateful for the contributions you have made. Please give as generously as you can, so that we can continue to help kids in Nepal to uncover and develop their full potential. We have a proven track record in making the most of your donations – you can do more good with a dollar in Nepal than almost anywhere else, and we spend a very small percentage of donations on administration (as evidenced by our four-star rating from Charity Navigator). We hope you will help us in our efforts to make a difference in these children’s lives.

Please let us know your thoughts by providing feedback in our comments section! Also, please tell your friends, family and colleagues about NYOF’s accomplishments!

Warm regards,
Olga

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