Improving rural schools in Nepal

Why this work matters

As a reminder, better quality schools in rural areas keep children in school and out of the hands of traffickers. When a school is safe, welcoming and well equipped, families keep their children in class – and children in class are far harder for traffickers to reach. Here are a few examples of what we have been up to over the past six months.

Teacher training

In September, 20 teachers came together for five days of hands-on training in child-centred, low-cost teaching methods, designed with local teachers, headteachers and municipal representatives. They are now sharing what they learned with colleagues at other community schools, so the benefits will spread well beyond the training room.

Safe drinking water at Kalika Secondary School

At Kalika Secondary School, 267 children and their ten teachers now have clean, safe drinking water. We have built a protected well, a filtration system, a new drinking water tap and handwashing basins, so children no longer need to carry water from home or risk drinking it untreated. Where we have done similar work before, sickness-related absences fell by half.

Classroom rebuilding

Shree Bindeshwori Primary School is tucked away in the hills of Makwanpur, where 52 children walk up to two hours to get to class. Their old classroom building was leaky and dilapidated, so we have funded a bright new earthquake-resistant classroom that is child-friendly and welcoming to children with disabilities. It is almost finished and the whole community is excited to see it in use.

Thank you

Every donation you give turns into something real and practical: a glass of clean water, a teacher with new skills, a classroom where children are safe and welcome. These things make school a place children want to be and families can rely on, and that is what keeps children learning and protected. Thank you for making it possible.