Language Development Centre Nepal [LDC-Nepal] is an NGO continuing assisting to implement language, education [informal, formal and non-formal] and development activities. LDC-Nepal is working with language speaking communities. Our activities are focused to make quality life of the people through education and minor development activities. Our most of the beneficiaries are women because the male members are migrated to sale their labour in foreign country. We are providing technical and nominal financial support.
LDC-Nepal is started to work in Chitwan. Because it will save travel and other administrative costs and we can support to our beneficiaries as much we can with our limited financial resources.
I am delighted to share the activity progress report for your kind information, it will be helpful to you to understand what’s going on in the project. This report focused on family-based functional income generation activities and participant’s concerns.
Functional Literacy: Person who can engage in all those activities in which literacy is required for effective function of his or her group and community and also for enabling him or her to continue to use reading, writing and calculation for his or her own and the community’s development.
I had one-to-one informal conversation with the people to let them to know about our project and its strategies. The conversation was based on this statement, “Illiteracy impacts families, communities, workforces and the stability of the nations.” - UNESCO 2019 They are convinced and positive to work together. They are committed to contribute their time and resources. And they would like to deal the project informal way.
The following plan is made for first six months.
Community’s responsibilities;
LDC-Nepal’s responsibilities;
“Poverty is not just about money, but also includes issues of access to services such as health care and education, marginalized and exclusion. [World Vision]
One of the female community member, who would not like to use her name, she said, “I would like to welcome this project and those people who are willing to contribute to change our life pattern through functional literacy.”
As per my conversation with local people, they are committed to follow ethic-based planned economic activities or profession. This commitment encouraged me serve this community. I [Pushker Kadel] believe this will give best positive result in future. But it will depends on our input.
I [Pushker Kadel] believe, #Functional_Education will help us to understand value of profession. We have to realize that #Professional_Dignity matters for success in profession, otherwise, that profession make no sense. So, we must have commitment to follow #ethic_based profession and economic activities.
LDC-Nepal is trying to help the community people, follow their commitments and learn in new ideas and skills to make their life better. If we able to do so, we will easily achieve our anticipated result. I am very hopeful, our strategy will work as our plan.
For this, we have to generate internal and external cooperations. And, also demonstrate best module for functional literacy using our capacities. I would like to thank all of you who is encouraging us to continue the project activities in Nepal.
Thank you!
Note: This time local community would like to take their photographs and I did not attached thier photos.
Language Development Centre Nepal [LDC-Nepal] is a small NGO continuing assisting to implement language, education and development activities. LDC-Nepal is working with different language speaking communities to improve their socioeconomic situation through formal and non-formal education and minor development activities. We are providing technical and financial support even we do not have enough financial resources.
I would like to share some of great experiences and finding in last few years, which will help you to understand the progress and challenges of the project. This report also focused on fundamental human right of learners.
Advocating for Quality Education for All
LDC-Nepal is working with National Language Commission as a roster organization to develop national language policy in education. We are advocating to reduce policy hurdles through our best experiences, which is helping to develop new policy, design new curriculum and teacher’s training program. But still our influence and efforts are not enough to play vital role in national level to provide quality education for all. Our motto is very closed to statement of UNESCO “Quality education shouldn’t be limited to a privileged few, but should be accessible to everyone.” Government agencies and political leaders are agree in principle to change in existing policies and practices to provide quality education for all. But which is not happened yet. So, we have to give more focus and work with local government agencies because they can play vital role to change basic education policy in Nepal.
Literacy and Livelihood Activity
LDC-Nepal is implementing literacy project from the beginning and trying to change existing literacy practices through functional, transitional and mobile literacy programs. It is helping to change traditional definition and practice of literacy. We are partly successful because the stakeholders are looking and listening to us. It is encouraging us to continue our activities.
“Education is a fundamental human right and the most powerful tool to transform lives and build the world of tomorrow.” #EducationDay
If children/learners are allowed to use their mother tongue or first language at class/school, they will rejoice with fundamental human right and help them to
- develop solid foundation of education
- understand the value of their language, culture and nation
- preserve & promote linguistic & cultural diversity for peace
- promote indigenous skill, science & knowledge for development
- prepare foundation for sustainable development & prosperity
LDC-Nepal is able to provide support more than 500 families and most of direct beneficiaries are women. They are enlighten through functional literacy programs. Their voices are started to listen and they are able to paly key role in their respective community. It is remarkable change even we did not made any formal evaluation of the project.
The statement from Li Anderson, Minister of Education for Finland is very relevant and worthy to follow in our context. She said, "Investment in education is key to all of the success, 'we have seen in Finnish society, so it is key for social cohesion, it is key for equality, and it is key for building economic progress and for economic growth."
“Education is everyone’s responsibility. We must act urgently together and step up efforts to invest more in quality.” #EducationForAll
I [Pushker Kadel] believe, “Best quality education can only transform the society.” So we have to manage more investment in education, ensure the best quality and all learners will get benefit from it. We are hopeful that education and development programs will help to make the behavioral changes in new generation. It will also help to develop healthy and peaceful world.
How easy or difficult is it to reform the education system as per sociopolitical changes in Nepal? It is still debatable. But we were able to show the best example through our small projects with your support and contribution. Thank you and looking for more cooperation in future.
Language Development Centre Nepal [LDC-Nepal] is developing partnership with local language speaking communities to implement language, education and development activities since 2008. We are getting good response from the communities even our financial support is very nominal.
LDC-Nepal is providing technical and small financial support to implement Tharu women Literacy activities in coordination with Help Society Nepal. The project is supporting twenty-three women to make them literate and improve their life style through mobile literacy activities. Facilitator meet them once a week in the weekend. The program is getting popular and effective because participants are using literacy skills in their daily life. We are getting more request from the community to support more women. The literacy program is literate women in their own language, aware and prepared them to promote their own language and culture.
Last week, I had visited the project area and facilitate the project activity review workshop in Dang which was organized by partner NGO Help Society Nepal. It was a great opportunity for me to have a conversation with community leaders, NGO members, literacy facilitators and participants to know the progress and their concerns about the project. I am delighted to share the report on project review worksop.
I had facilitated the two days workshop for 15 participants [Male: 9 & Female: 6] among them two literacy participant, one literacy facilitators, one supervisor, three Tharu indigenous Knowledge holders, one advocate and seven NGO members.
The workshop was fruitful for us to know the progress, local stakeholder’s concerns and ideas about the project and ongoing progress and redefine the literacy program. Supervisor, Bhauna Ram Chaudhary said, “We are getting positive response from the community and need to use their positive thoughts to ensure effective implementation of the project activities.”
The project is able to develop positive vibes in the community. Literacy participant Sabita Chaudhary said, “I realized that once we replace negative thoughts with positive ones, we will start having positive results.”
IK holder, Shreeram Chaudahry said, “We are shaped by our thoughts. Education [informal, formal and non formal] is shaping our thoughts. It is critical and crucial to understand this reality.”
“Quality education should’t be limited to a privileged few, but should be accessible to everyone.” [UNESCO]
The project activity is helping to create an environment that can reduce illiteracy in the community, drop out from the school and ensure to provide quality education for all using their language, culture and capacities.
“The development of self reading and writing habits increases the ability to analyze the situation correctly. Being educated or literate means not only to get a degree and recognize the letters. The knowledge and skills derived from study have to encourage the people positively active to have a standard living and develop a peaceful society.” [P. Kadel, Apr 2019]
We are grateful for your support. Thank you and looking for more cooperation.
Language Development Centre Nepal [LDC-Nepal] is continuing its activities in language, education and development sector. LDC-Nepal is developed good partnership with local communities and organizations to implement its activities even we did not have big project and funding.
LDC-Nepal is providing technical and financial support to implement Limbu Literacy activities. Yakthung Academy Nepal is a leading NGO to implement the activities in partnership with local communities and other stakeholders. The literacy program is assisting the Limbu communities to literate them in their own language with script, aware and prepared them to promote Limbu language and culture as well manage their capacities to move forward for quality life in the future.
I had visited the project area last week [20-23 March] and participated the Multilingual and Multicultural event in Ranke, Ilam & Pachthar and shared my paper about Language, Education and development issue in Nepal. It was a great opportunity for me to have a conversation with literacy facilitators, participants and Limbu communities about the project activities.
Literacy program: Six facilitators were involved in mobile literacy activities and literate 72 Limbu adults. They are able to read and write Limbu language in their own script. The participants were regularly involved in mobile literacy activities and the facilitators were coach them at their home and tole each Saturday. The literacy participants were used to meet together once a month to share their learning experience and progress. One of the participant said, “The mobile literacy program is very effective because the course encouraged us to involve in self learning activities and never disturbed us to run our daily life. This is also helpful to create a reading and writing environment at home.” [21 March 2019]
Limbu IK holder and member of Nepal academy Prof. Harischandra Lawati said, “The mobile literacy concept is very effective in mountain area where the houses are scatter. The program is helping us [Limbu communities] to use and promote our language and culture.” [23 March 2019]
Limbu Linguist Dilendra Kurumbang said, “The literacy program is assisting to know an importance of language and its preservation. It is also develop the capacities among the Limbu speakers to use their language and script.”
“Illiteracy in a first language makes it more difficult to gain literacy in second language.” Global Education Report 2018, UNESCO
In the light of Sustainable Development Goal 4 and the objective to leave no one behind. It is essential that indigenous people have access to education in their own language. #MotherLanguageDay
The project activities are assisting to change this situation and meet the sustainable development goals.
Multilingual and Multicultural event:
Three papers were presented in the workshop. Diga Dhoj Lawati, Dilenndra Kurumang and I was invited to present the paper. The papers are about role of Mundhum to develop Limbu literature, How to preserve Limbu language and Language, Education and Development in Nepal respectively.
My paper 'Language, Education and Development in Nepal’ is focus on mother tongue role in education and development. I conclude that if children/learners are allowed to use their mother-tongue or first language … it will help them to;
Literacy/Education is the most powerful transformative force to build a better future. “Education transforms lives and is at the heart of our mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development.” #Education2030 We would like to be a part of this mission and trying to use our capacities with your great cooperation.
“Learning is not a race! Allow children [learner] at their own pace. [Ijeoma Opah, Education Consultant] True! Hurry to learn English is not helping children learn better, they are facing many difficulties because they are not allowed to use their face [language, culture and content] and pace.” [Pushker Kadel, Jan 2019]
We are grateful for your support. Thank you and looking for more cooperation.
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Language Development Centre Nepal [LDC-Nepal] is continuously working in the issue of language, education and development with different language speaking communities in Nepal since 2008. LDC-Neal had developed good partnership with Tharu and Limbu communities and its stakeholders to assist them to improve their socio-economic situation and advocating multilingual education in Nepal.
We are happy with the progress in project activities even we do not have good financial capacities. The project activity is is able to give positive result in the community. Partner NGO, Help Society Nepal, Dang and Tharu community is actively involve in the project activities, which is encouraging us. We are implementing Functional Mobile Literacy program with twenty Freed Kamaiya and Kamlahari families in Kailali Districts. The literacy program facilitator is visit each member’s home once a week and to review their literacy and income generation activities. Facilitator also coach parents and children to improve their reading and writing habit in Tharu and Nepali language.
Here I would like to share one of the literacy participant Mrs. Molina Chaudhary’s story and her experiences, which is meaningful to share with all of you. She is 45 years old and living in Sapana Shibir, Kailari with six members since July 2001AD. She had spent her youth time about 13 years as a Kamlahari [bounded labour]. She started to live in this shibir after they freed from Kamaiya system 2000AD. Molina said, “It was very hard time for us to manage basic needs from our limited income, which is forced us to drop our son from the school. After the financial literacy activities, I am feeling comfort because we are able to earn and save money from my business. It is helping us to improve our economic life and social status.”
After receiving entrepreneurship orientation and financial grants NPR 21,000 [USD180] from the project, she has started a small Grocery in her own home in July 2018. She and her family is very happy with the progress of the business. Grocery made 3,000 to 4,000 sale per day, which is giving about 10 to 12 thousand rupees benefits per months. Her son supports to run the Grocery and husband is working in Tent house. She said, “The project is able to change our mindset, situation and fortune. I would like to thanks those peoples who encourage and provide us financial and technical supports. But still there is many families are left, who need supports and encouragements.”
The project staff Nirmala Chaudhary said, “The literacy participants are actively involving literacy and income generation activities. There is still fifteen families are left who is really need our supports and coach. The local government is also supportive to provide them training.”
During my last visit [5-8 and 23-26 Dec 2018] and observation findings, we have to modify our literacy curriculum and include digital literacy activities, train the facilitator and implement the program to improve the local community’s life style and connect them with wider communities.“Today, people need digital and literacy skills to work, live, learn and communicate, Those without the required skills and literacy face marginalization.” [UNESCO 2018]
“If young generations have good coach, train and access to good quality education [informal, formal and non-formal] and opportunities to utilize the skills and resources as we anticipated, they will be powerful drivers for the nation’s development. So reach to good quality education should be extended.” [P. Kadel, 22/10/2018]
We are grateful for your support. Thank you and looking for more cooperation.
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