News From Nepal: Rajan Simkhada
Dear Anne
Greetings,
Thank you for the mail and helping to raise fund, Darkha will need lots of aid, I had very short conversation with goal [Gopal Tamang, Our Nepal Project Coordinator. -Ed] on the day of earthquake on Sat, then the phone is not working, I hope they are safe. Let us know how much you can collect and how can we start making a difference. We are getting hundreds of Mail and I am sending this mail to them.
Thank you for the mail, and every one is safe here including our clients travelling with us now, staff and relatives, although some of our ...
Darkha Nepal Disaster Relief
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The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday has literally hit too close to home.
The classroom we've been building, the children for whom we bought school uniforms, the region in which we've been doing a medical capacity survey, and have distributed nearly 1,000 pairs of shoes and boots: It's only 18 miles from the quake epicenter.
We have not been in direct contact with anyone living in Darkha. [Update 4/30: We made contact with our Nepal Projects Coordinator who was in Darkha when the quake hit.] We've received information that ...
Denver-based nonprofit starts disaster relief fund for Nepal villages « Denver Post
A small, Denver-based nonprofit with ties to Nepal has started a disaster relief fund in the wake of Saturday's massive, deadly earthquake.
Source: Denver-based nonprofit starts disaster relief fund for Nepal villages « Denver Post
Colorado relief group waits for word after Nepal quake
KUSA – The Colorado Nepal Alliance is waiting for word about its Project Coordinator following the earthquake that rocked the country late Saturday.
Source: Colorado relief group waits for word after Nepal quake
Teacher Salaries
Good hearted donors have built two sets of classrooms at schools in Darkha, Nepal. However, providing teaching space is just one part of the puzzle. Teachers must also be hired to educate the students that will inhabit the classroom.
In Nepal, teachers are government employees. However, the government is not responsive in a timely manner when a village has an increase in population and more children will be attending school. Generally, the approach is for the village to build extra classrooms, hire their own teachers, and then petition the government to pay for ...
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School Uniforms Delivered to Darkha
In mid-December 2014, all 71 students at Shree Chandra Devi Primary School in Darkha (Dhading District, Nepal) received new school uniforms. Many children at this school are members of the lowest caste, and their families struggled to provide school uniforms, which are mandatory in Nepal. Thank you to all of the Gift of Education donors who made this possible!
What is a school?
Good hearted donors have built two sets of classrooms at schools in Darkha, Nepal. However, providing teaching space is just one part of the puzzle. Teachers must also be hired to educate the students that will inhabit the classroom.
In Nepal, teachers are government employees. However, the government is not responsive in a timely manner when a village has an increase in population and more children will be attending school. Generally, the approach is for the village to build extra classrooms, hire their own teachers, and then petition the government to pay ...
Mingma Sherpa, Feb. 2014
Shoes for Sherpas in the Dhading District
In June 2013, Shoes for Sherpas distributed athletic shoes, children's shoes, and hiking boots to residents of five rural villages in the Dhading District of Nepal: Kuri, Sing Gang, Brichett, Darkha, and Upper Ghormu.
