Education Nepal Project #50624

Educating 100+Girls in College in Nepal Every Year

by The Small World

Educating 100+Girls in College in Nepal Every Year

Project Report | Dec 17, 2025
Girls' Education in Nepal: Breaking Cycles of Poverty and Inequality in the Everest Region

By Sanam Doka Sherpa | Co-Founder and Director

Namaste from The Small World's Girls

Namaste and Happy Holidays from Nepal, Dear Friends and Supporters.

As we reflect on the year, we are deeply grateful for your continued support of girls’ education in Nepal. Because of your generosity, The Small World is transforming the lives of young women in the remote Everest region of Solukhumbu, where girls face some of the greatest barriers to education in the world.

Why Investing in Girls’ Education in Nepal Is Life-Changing

In rural Nepal, girls often face:

Early and forced marriage
High risk of human trafficking
Poverty and food insecurity
Limited access to healthcare and education
Intergenerational cycles of inequality

For decades, these challenges forced girls to leave school after Grade 10. Education is the most powerful tool to break this cycle, and today, because of your support, that change is happening.

Impact Highlights: Educating Girls in Solukhumbu

Your investment in The Small World, a trusted Nepal NGO, has created measurable impact:

50 girls supported each year through the Solukhumbu Girls’ Dorm
85 young women currently pursuing higher education and professional degrees
500+ girls graduated from vulnerable families and remote mountain communities

More than 100 graduates are now working in their own communities as:

Teachers and school leaders
Nurses and healthcare workers
Women trekking guides in Nepal
Entrepreneurs and small business owners
Tea house operators in Himalayan villages
Bank professionals and legal advocates

These young women are role models—proving that when girls are educated, entire communities rise.

Solukhumbu Girls’ Dorm: A Safe Path to Higher Education

Through the Solukhumbu Girls’ Dorm, girls receive:

Safe, family-style accommodation
Full educational support (tuition, uniforms, books)
Computer and digital education
Leadership training and life skills
Awareness on human trafficking and women’s rights

Many of our girls come from highly vulnerable families, yet today they are confident, educated, and leading change.

What’s Next: Educating Nepal’s Future Women Leaders

Looking ahead, we are incredibly excited.

In the next 2–3 years, thanks to your partnership:

10 girls will graduate as doctors, lawyers, and computer engineers
Many more will become nurses, teachers, and businesswomen

When a girl is educated:

Her children are more likely to stay in school
Her family’s health and income improve
Her community becomes safer and stronger

Educate one girl, and you educate generations.

Building Leadership Through Community Service

At The Small World, education goes beyond academics. Our girls actively participate in:

Volunteer programs
Community service and leadership initiatives
Mentorship and civic engagement

A Girl’s Story from Solukhumbu: Pema’s Journey Through Education

My name is Pema, and I come from a small village in Solukhumbu. My father died while trekking in the mountains of Nepal, and after that, my mother raised five children on her own. Life was very difficult.

Pema shares that she is the first girl in her family to continue her college education—something that once felt impossible.

Without the support of The Small World, I know my life would be very different. I would have already been married, and by now I might have children of my own. This is not only my story—it is the story of many girls in my community.

In remote mountain villages of Nepal, early marriage often ends a girl’s education. But through girls’ education in Nepal, that path can change.

Today, I feel very lucky. I am studying, learning, and celebrating my life. Education has given me confidence, hope, and a future.

Pema’s journey reflects the impact of investing in girls’ education in Solukhumbu and the Everest region—where one opportunity can change the course of an entire family.

Year-End Giving: Continue Your Support for Girls’ Education in Nepal

As the year comes to a close, we warmly invite you to continue your year-end gift to girls’ education in Nepal. Your ongoing support ensures that girls from Nepal’s most vulnerable communities can stay in school, pursue higher education, and become leaders who uplift their families and villages.

A year-end donation to The Small World, a trusted Nepal NGO working in the Everest region, helps provide:

Safe accommodation and education through the Solukhumbu Girls’ Dorm
Tuition, books, uniforms, and computer education
Leadership training and protection from early marriage and trafficking
Long-term opportunities that break cycles of poverty for generations

When you invest in girls’ education, the impact lasts a lifetime—and beyond. Educated girls grow into women who educate their children, strengthen local economies, and create positive change both locally and globally.

Your year-end gift today helps shape Nepal’s future tomorrow.

Continue your support for girls’ education in Nepal before the year ends.

Thank you and Namaste !

Sanam Doka Sherpa
Director and Co-Founder
The Small World
Empowering girls through education in Nepal’s Everest region

Our graduate student, now serving in her village

Links:

Meet with our Co-Founder and girls you are supporting

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Aug 8, 2025
Educating Girls to Break Barriers in Nepal.

By Karma Sherpa | Executive Director & Co-Founder

The Girls from The Small World in Nepal

Dear Friends and Supporters, Namaste,

We have something special to share with you — something deeply personal and full of hope.

This short video brings together the voices of girls and young women from across Nepal—speaking straight from the heart. These are their own stories, in their own words. And every single one exists because of you.

Click here to watch the video

https://youtu.be/FQMYzdzD4m4?si=L5t6x41Fxmwa90zU

You’ll hear from:

Girls who lost everything but found family and education through your support.
Young women now training to become doctors, nurses, and accountants — the first in their families and communities.
Daughters of farmers and herders who are stepping forward as leaders, mentors, and changemakers.

“We thought our lives would end in darkness…”
“Now we have hope. We have dreams.”
“I’ll be the first doctor… the first nurse… the first accountant from my village.
“Because of you, our dreams are finally within reach.”

These voices speak for hundreds of girls whose futures have changed through your belief in them.

Since 2010, with your partnership:

500+ girls have graduated through The Small World’s education programs

150+ girls are now in college and university across Nepal

10 girls are currently training to become doctors

Many others are preparing to become engineers, nurses, teachers, business leaders, and social workers

This is not just success —
This is a movement.
And you are part of it.

Your support is not just a donation — it’s an investment in a stronger, more just future, led by educated girls who are now giving back to their communities.

There is so much more to do — and so much potential ahead. With your continued support, we’re building a future where no girl is left behind, where every girl has the power to rise, to lead, and to lift others with her.

From the bottom of our hearts —
thank you for believing in girls. Thank you for believing in us.

With deepest gratitude and hope,
Sonam Doka Sherpa
Co-Founder & Director
The Small World
www.thesmallworld.org

Links:

Educating Girls to Break Barriers in Nepal.

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Oct 21, 2024
"Girls Rising: Flood Relief in Nepal"

By Karma Sherpa | Executive Director & Co-Founder

The Small World's Girls

Dear Friends and Supporters, Namaste!

We want to update you on the devastating floods that have recently impacted Nepal. Tragically, over 250 lives have been lost, and more than 10,000 people have been displaced. The destruction has severely affected homes, roads, bridges, and essential services such as electricity and access to clean drinking water. Areas like Solukhumbu in the eastern Himalayas remain disconnected from Kathmandu.

During this challenging time, our community is coming together. With the Dashain festival this week, schools and colleges are closed, allowing many of our students at The Small World to actively participate in relief efforts. They have been engaged in fieldwork, as well as managing relief supplies, including purchasing, packing, and distributing essential items.

Women and girls are among those hardest hit by the floods. As primary providers of food and water, they face immense challenges when these resources are disrupted. The Small World's relife efforts focuse not only on delivering vital aid but alsoon addressing the unique needs of women and girls, including menstrual health and hygiene- areas that are often overlooked during the emergencies.

We empower them to be strong and hopeful, enabling them to continue supporting their families with dignity. In Nepal, where most aid efforts are traditionally led by the men, The Small World stands as a beacon of chnage- 70% of our aid support is let by women and girls . This leadership fosters an environment where women and children feel hopeful and willing to share their expereince, stories with love and solidarity.

This level of support and Effectiveness is possible because we are deeply rooted in the our community, built on strong trust and collobaration. We are immensely gratuful to all of our supporters, volunteers and partners who have made this critical work possible during the such challenging times.

We inviate you to join us in making a difference, Please consider sharing this message with your family and friends, encouraging them to support our relief efforts . Our this relief work showed your how your investing in girls' education in Nepal leads to leadership, economic growth, improved health outcomes, greater gender equality, and stronger community resilience.

Together , we can amplify our impact and provide even more aid to those in need .

You can donate now to educate more girls and to support more communities in great need.

Thank you for standing with us and those in need. Together, we are making a difference.

Namaste and Thank you very much.

Links:

Small World Nepal flood relief response

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