The Girls Education Project in Rural Nepal

Despite the support we provide, school attendance of girls in the scheme has not been satisfactory. But according to the last quarterly report, 7 out of 10 girls are now attending school regularly. Considering the previous school attendance records, only 3 out of 10 girls were attending school regularly so this is a fantastic result. During the period, Sunita (the project assistant) made numerous visits to families whose girls are in the scheme. This indicates that a regular family visit works and hiring Sunita as project assistant was a good decision. Now, we have set up a target to bring all the girls into regular schooling.

Another great news is number of girls in the scheme has increased to seventy five from twenty five. Our target is to bring ninety girls into schooling through the GlobalGiving girl’s education scheme. The new girls introduced in the scheme are from very poor and Dalit families and all of them do not require a same level of support. That means with a similar or less resources, we can support more girls. If this year’s fundraising went well then we will achieve our target by the end of the year or by early 2015.

Increased number of girls in the scheme also means a higher financial commitment and without this the girls cannot continue their schooling. So this year, we have started a fundraising campaign- ‘one coffee a week’. This is to encourage supporters to drink one cup of coffee less a week and donate that money to support the project. One cup of coffee in London costs £1.80. So, even if only twenty five supporters have taken the challenge then the fundraising will be sufficient to support the ninety girls in the scheme and pay salary of Sunita. Sunita makes sure all the girls go to school regularly and report to NVF.

The message is ‘your one cup of coffee a week equals to education for the ninety girls’

Recently a seven-month pregnant Nepalese woman was set on fire by her husband over the undelivered dowry in western Nepal. We believe an education can change this violence and creates a better world.

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Sunita: Masterminding to improve school performance of girls in the scheme

Just to recap- Girls, particularly from poor and Dalit community in rural Nepal are denied an education. This project aims to support ninety girls in most need of schooling.

Recently, we have collected yearly school attendance of girls in the scheme. The record shows that girls are progressing in their study but not to the expected levels. This could be for various reasons. One example is that parents are not allowing their children to attend school regularly. It is very important to improve their school performance now if they are to pass final school year exams and progress in their future.

The girls in the scheme were being monitored by couple of temporary volunteers as we were unable to provide resources to hire a professional project worker. Now that our income is growing, we have been able to support our partner organisation [Hamro Samaj Nepal] and have hired Sunita as a full time project assistant. Sunita previously has been working as an English teacher in a private school. She is motivated, enthusiastic and more importantly she wants to help less able girls in the community to get an education.

Sunita’s first task was to collect the last year school attendance of girls in the scheme which she did successfully in the given time. After analysing the attendance record, now she is developing plan of action to improve the school performance of girls in the scheme. To find out how well she is doing in masterminding the reasons that hinder the girls’ school performance, you have to wait until the next progress report.

Currently, we are supporting only twenty five girls through the scheme but our target is to bring ninety girls in the scheme through the project. To introduce more girls, Sunita has also been assessing affordability and family condition of a further twenty five girls. It is likely that fifteen new girls will be introduced into the scheme by the end of May 2014.

How can you help us to bring more girls into school? The chair of Nepal Village Foundation, Carole Sharma suggests that a regular donation of as little as £5 a month would be very effective. We could then make a decision on when and how many more girls could be introduced into the scheme. Carole also is very grateful for your continuous support in the project.

Did you know that? An anonymous donor is matching all our new monthly recurring donations!! 

Best wishes

Krit Sharma 

Nepal Village Foundation, UK  

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• Meet the NVF Team