Kalinchowk, Dolakha

Completed project

• Anti-landslide perimeter and safety fence built
• Interior refurbishment to make an additional 4 classrooms with whole school insulated ceilings
• Electricity supply to classrooms and electric lighting to every classroom
• Complete school rebuild with toilets
• School uniforms given to every child
• 3 years support with reading books, exercise books, pens and pencils for every child plus teaching recourses for every class
• Specialist residential teacher training course for primary teachers
• Sports equipment for PE

Ukhubari, Sindupalchowk

Completed so far

• Anti-landslide perimeter and safety fence built
• Bought land to enable the building of the school
• Support with reading books, exercise books, pens and pencils for every child plus teaching recourses for every class
• Womens health seminar and a 3 year reusable hygiene kit given to every girl, teacher at the secondary school.  Second Womens health seminar and family planning plus a 3 year reusable hygiene kit given to all the women in the village

Mangala Devi School, Likhu, Nuwakot

Completed project

• Complete school rebuild with toilets
• 3 years support with reading books, exercise books, pens and pencils for every child plus teaching recourses for every class
• Specialist residential teacher training course for primary teachers
• Sports equipment for PE
• School uniforms given to every child

Shree Seti Devi Primary, Sindupalchowk

Completed project

It was hard to believe this school was just bits of bamboo in October 2015.  Five months on the classrooms are all finished, we had a brilliant day dancing with the children as we celebrated the new school together.  Thanks to everyone who helped us fund the building work.

Shree Kalika Basic School, Ukhubari

Completed project - update

During our visit to Nepal in January 2017 we took the opportunity to revisit Ukhubari. We were given a wonderful welcome and a tour of the new buildings.  Two buildings house a preschool room, 5 classrooms, a computer/store room and the headmaster's office. The all important toilet block is just beyond. The buildings are now complete and so we are turning our attention to the land surrounding the school. Clearance an levelling will provide an useful playground; fencing will keep the children safe from the steep drops onto the terraces and a water pipe will connect to the village supply as rainwater harvesting does not quite fill their school's needs. We are working with the school to fulfill the next stage in the project.

Chumlingtar School, Ghorka District

Complete project

A year on and during our January 2017 visit, we saw the recently finished library/computer strong room and school admin office. The two rooms are big enough to accommodate a pre-school class too. Next on the wish list is fencing around the site to ensure children stay at school during lunch break.  They have a propensity to wander home during lunch and then don't return.  We are delighted to be working with European School of Luxemburg 1 who have raised a substantial amount to enable this to wish to be granted.  A party of D of E Gold students will be helping to build the fence in July.

2019 plans

A visit in March to deliver supplies to schools

We are heading out to Nepal in March to visit all our schools. We will be delivering new Tin Boxes, new contents for boxes already in place. Books, stationery and uniforms we buy in Nepal but we can't buy Lego or Duplo easily. Both are fantastic resources so if you have any you could donate, we'd love to be able to take it out with us. Please get in touch if you can help. We collect it throughout the year.

Summer 2018 update

A round up following our visits in April 2018

During our April/May visit to Nepal, Sarah G visited a number of school projects to check on developments and see what further support we can lend to each.  Read her round up here.

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Mangala Devi School, Likhu, Nuwakot

Ongoing project

Mangala Devi school is our fourth project, a small school of 35 children. Too small to walk the long steep trail to the main school, it's in a remote area of Nuwakot that we came across during a recce trip in March 2016. The school is just a set of tables & benches on a steep hillside without any shelter. We will fund 2 classrooms & toilets. Our target amount for this small project is only £6,500.

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Shree Kalika Basic School, Ukhubari

Completed project

Ukhubari is spread along the contours of a ridge high above the Bhote Kosi river on the road to Tibet.  The original school was built on borrowed land and no one was willing to help with rebuilding unless the community bought the land themselves. The village is mostly Mahji, a community of desperately poor low caste fishermen, and it was unlikely that they would ever afford to buy the land, so we stepped in to help.  Through the Nepal River Conservation Trust we were able to negotiate to buy the land for them and handed the title deeds to the community in March 2016.  Funding to build a new and bigger school that better serves the community has already been secured and building works are already underway.