By Teresa Parker | Director, Development and Communications
By Sabita Shrestha:
I am now twelve years old. I have my father, mother and three brothers in my family and I am the only daughter. I am studying in grade 5. I feel so lucky because of the support I have been receiving from the Nepal Youth Foundation. If I hadn't got support, going to school would have been a dream to me because my family is so poor.
Our condition is very miserable. The roof of our house is made of straw. During the rainy season the rain water leaks through the roof and the house is also vulnerable to the wind. My father has no job and we have a very small plot of land. The cultivation from that land is insufficient for us even to feed ourselves. We don't even have enough blankets to protect ourselves from the winter. My only clothes are the school uniform provided by NYF.
My aim in life is to become a nurse and take care of the poor. That is why I have been studying so hard. But my father scolds me when he gets drunk. He even beats my mother. Last time she had to be taken to hospital because of my father's physical torture. Despite these adversities, I am not hopeless.
The Nepal Youth Foundation’s education programs enable children like Sabita to uplift themselves from poverty and give them hope for a better future. NYF’s diverse programs help impoverished children in villages and urban Kathmandu, from kindergarten to college. Learn more about these life-changing programs at www.NepalYouthFoundation.org
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