Child Protection Nepal Project #30662

Help 370 Nepali Children Access Quality Education

by Freedom to Learn

Project Report | Sep 17, 2020
Overcoming the challenge of difficult times....

By Joey Owen | Programme Director

If you support our other projects you will have seen the updates on the fantastic work our staff have been carrying out at all the schools in Kavre with all the children who attend Kushadevi School. Vital work that cannot be done without the support of amazingly generous donors like you. I know we say thank you every newsletter but truly we want you know how grateful we are. At times like these, when as a small charity, we have lost so much income, public donations are making all the difference.

During the ongoing Lockdown (now into the fifth month) all our staff and students have been provided with sanitation packs and reusable masks. Our staff participated in and then led workshops for all the students and families learning how to stay safe and reduce the risk. They have also all been given home learning packs, stationary and mobile teaching support from our staff. Every week staff have called or visited to check in on the school families. Non of this possible without your help. So thank you. ‘Dhanyabhad’.

Apart from the obvious risks of contracting the Coronavirus the impact of lockdown is immeasurable and will have knock-on affects for probably years to come. Not only are the schools and business closed but crops have been left unattended, many badly damaged by locusts this year and flooding has damaged the roads and buildings. Many of the parents who are daily wage workers have lost their income completely. Children and parents have been at home, many without internet connection and access to smart phones as we have here, so don’t have the ability to conduct home learning as easily. The support you give has helped alleviate the situation, keep the children and their families safer and ensured that all of the students have continued their learning.

We sincerely hope that you have all stayed safe during these difficult times and all the team are sending you healthy and positive vibes as we make our way through this pandemic together. All our school communities have gone back into a strict lockdown this month as cases across each of the communities have rise sharply. We are sending them our very best wishes and thinking of them at this difficult time.

The outreach work is continuing and will do so until everyone is back in school. You were amazing in your help to make it happen. Thank you.

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May 22, 2020
Supporting our families and students

By Imogen Flatau | Fundraising and Development Manager

Students know the importance of washing hands

A lot has changed since we last spoke to you. We first would like to express our well wishes to you and your loved ones during this unusual time. Our thoughts are with you all! Our daily lives have changed massively here in the UK but also for our friends in Nepal. Our Schools in Nepal have all closed and lockdown is in place as the government responds to reducing the spread of Coronavirus.

We have been in regular contact with all of our student’s families and checking up how they are doing. Our teachers and Nepali programme manager have spoken all of the families to see how they are managing. Many of the students families have expressed their concern as they are low on food and soap as well as many families having experienced job losses. This is a scary time for both the students and their parents but they are a resilient community - as they proved so well after the Earthquakes in 2015. With cases confirmed in Kushadevi now they know what they are dealing with and are following the Lockdown rules.

Freedom to Learn have set up an emergency fund in response to the feedback from families. We are working to ensure that all our families have access to food, soap and educational resources for the children. The response we have experienced from this has been incredible. We have been especially amazed by Milford-on-Sea Primary School who have taken on the 2.6 challenge and managed to raise just over £1800! All of this money raised is being used directly for the families we work with to reduce the pressures that they are experiencing that has come with Lockdown.

Thank you for supporting Freedom to Learn. We are working hard to support all of our families and students during this time.

We are encouraging home learning

Milford on Sea Primary School 2.6 Challenge

We are supporting families with food parcels

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Jan 24, 2020
Exam time, volunteers and more!

By Imogen Flatau | Fundraising and Development Manager

It has been a busy few months filled with lots of learning and play at Kushadevi School. Our students are currently enjoying their winter holidays after finishing the term with their termly exams. Our students studied hard and with the guidance from their teachers they all received fantastic results continuing to increase the average grades across Kushadevi School. The tests are a great way to practice everything learned throughout the term and is a helpful indictor for the teachers to see the level of each students individually in order to support them more in 2020.

Teachers and their support staff have been so pleased with how well all our students prepared, and loved seeing how they all supported each other throughout the examination period. It is the great community spirit we are all working towards ensuring the school becomes a thriving heart to the community it serves. All the students were rewarded with a gift of pens and copy books for all their hard studying and teamwork.

Here in the UK we are busy setting up for our next trip to Nepal. This time however we will be going with a team of 7 teaching volunteers from Winchester University for 3 weeks. All of the volunteers will be teaching a range of fun and engaging lessons. As well as teaching they are all fundraising for our schools in and around Kushadevi. Alongside them will be our Trustees, who are going to be visiting all the projects in Kavre, and getting to know the new intake of students and staff who joined last year, plus 'Fireman Frank' from the New Forest who is going to be building playground equipment out of recycled materials - so watch this space for photos!

We are looking forward to welcoming all of them to beautiful Nepal. Whilst there, they will be living with host families and have a unique opportunity to experience what living in rural Nepal is like. We know our students, staff and local families are just as excited as us and they can’t wait to start attending their lessons.

We would also like to congratulate our Ride for Life team Pawan and Sadiksha on the safe arrival of their lovely baby girl. We wish you all the happiness in the world with your new addition to the family.

Thank you once again for choosing to support Freedom to Learn. Without you none of what we do would be possible. We bring a quality education to hundred's of Children in Nepal every year because of all your support.

We wish you all the best,

The Freedom to Learn Team

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