All the seventy five girls in the scheme have received their study materials, school bag, shoes and summer uniform. They are all excited to start/continue their school but the long summer school holiday in Nepal is holding them back. It is also monsoon season now in Nepal and heavy rain floods all roads and even classrooms and houses.
During this school holiday, the girls have lots homework to do and if they didn’t then they will fall behind in their class. But their parents are uneducated and they are unable to help them. So, Sunita, the project assistant has been trying to organise at least one class a week to help them with homework. She has been successful to organise few classes but it is very challenging as the roads are inaccessible due to flooding.
What we have learnt from this is that we need to hire a teacher in each village during the school holidays so the girls do not have to travel far if they need help. But this increases the project budget and more support is needed. However the cost is not huge. If only five of our supporters participate in the ‘coffee a week’ challenge then this would be sufficient. Please visit our website for how to participate in the challenge.
Best wishes
Krit
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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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Summary of the report
Nepal Village Foundation (NVF) has been promoting girls’ education project since 2009 in rural villages of Nepal (Bhagawatpur). Due to lack of resources and capacity in our partner organisation (Hamro Samaj Nepal), we have been unable to accelerate our project activities. The recent project visit turned out to be very productive and the capacity is also improving. These improvements indicate that the project activities should be taken to the next level to make a greater impact on the community. What was the experience from the visit, what actions were taken, why and how things will move forward? These all are highlighted in this report. The project activities have expanded to three village panchayats now, and over ninety girls who are in most need of an education will be supported. Until now, we have been supporting only twenty five girls from one village panchayat.
Our target is to bring every child into regular schooling from the villages over the next three years. There are twelve small villages in the three village panchayats and to ensure that target is achieved, we have a local village representative in each village. The representative will monitor pupils in their village closely and report to the project assistant who has been hired recently. The project assistant will monitor attendance of all students from school attendance record as well and make regular visits to the villages where necessary. The project assistant will also report to NVF on regular basis which will enable NVF to see what is happening from the UK. School teachers are also supportive because more pupils means a greater income for their schools. But school’s infrastructures are in dire need of repair and need some investment. Figure 4 and 5 gives some ideas about condition of schools in the villages.
Read the complete report at - A report from Project Visit to Nepal Nov 2013
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This progress report reports on the main activities that were carried out in the year and are related to the girls’ education project. It does, by briefly highlighting the importance of the project, its location and aims and objectives. Thirty six girls are in school through this project in this year. Some of them are directly through the girls’ education support scheme and some are through the awareness raising activities. This project is playing a significant role for the advancement of girls’ education in the village and these are highlighted in page five of this report. £30 brings a girl in schooling for a year in this context. So considering all the benefits to educate a girl, investing in girls’ education is one of the best long term investments for a society.
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