By Krit Sharma | Project Leader
Project activities of ‘Buy a solar lantern for girls in Nepal to study’ was completed on the 29th of April 2016. 101 girls from the girls’ education project by Nepal Village Foundation received a solar lantern and the girls are very happy.
The problem:
Electricity supply has not reached to many rural villages in Nepal and if it has then there is no supply of electricity for hours, days or weeks. Children from the poorest and Dalit families use kerosene oil lamp to study in the evenings and nights. But this doesn't provide sufficient light to study and it also affects their health.
Objective:
To provide a solar lantern to the one hundred and one girls. This will enable them to study in the evenings and nights. Ultimately, this will help them to progress better in their study.
Activity carried out:
Project location:
Bhagawatpur, Mahadewa and Bathanaha village panchayats of Saptari district, Nepal
Feedback and photos from Nepal:
Nirmala one of the girls in the education scheme is studying in grade nine. She used to go to a neighbour’s house to study in the evenings because the neighbour has electricity in their home and emergency backup light. Nirmala said ‘the neighbour was not very happy, me coming to their house every day.’ ‘She added ‘my courses are more difficult than before and it requires longer hours of study.’ ‘Thank you to NVF and HSN, now I can study in my own home and I don’t need to be worried about how the neighbour feel.’
Girls from the education scheme and the outreach workers are in the photos
Conclusion:
This project is a supplementary project of 'the girls' education project’ in Nepal. The education project is financing all the 101 girls to go to school because girls' education has been ignored in Nepal for cultural traditions and financial reasons. We are hopeful that the girls will progress better in their study.
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By Krit Sharma | Project Leader
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