The Girl's Education Project

2011-02-20T14:02:00.000-08:00

The wider goal of this project is to improve the literacy level in the rural villages of Nepal. We have found that hardly one in five rural women are literate and the girls are forced into marriage in their teens. We have also found that children of educated mother are more likely to get an education and this leads to better social and economical status of the families.

Aims of this project;

Raise awareness in rural people about the importance of an education- this will raise demand for education and more schools will open up- resulting in more employment.

Provide support for the needy girls from poor and Dallits families who are unable to afford education- this will ensure that the children from poor families are getting an education too.

How much it cost?

£45- average cost for one child per year this includes books, stationery, summer and winter uniforms, bags, fees and cost of attendance monitoring

£1500- to organise an event to raise awareness about the importance of an education, in this event the local artists, actors and our project workers organise a drama at festival times. Our mission is to raise awareness about education while entertaining.

Currently we are operating in only one village but our aim is to expand to the other villages
The more you give the more we can do so please raise your support today

Dalits (Untouchable caste) Livelihood in Nepal

2009-04-03T03:13:00.001-07:00

Untouchable castes are known as Dalits in Nepal; generally they are excluded from society, forced to adopt their own traditional occupations, survive on way below the minimum wages, far behind in literacy, live in unhygienic small muddy houses and have very little human rights।

Dalits and their traditional occupations:

Ram also known as Chamar: Any goods made of leather are to do with the Ram’s caste such as shoes making and polishing, drums and etc. The Ram’s also take the skin of dead animals and this job is regarded as the lowest status job in Nepalese society.

Rishidev also known as Mushar: Earth digger, without using any vehicle moving soil one place to another, to dig pond and well are Rishidev job. Their wives make goods made out of bamboos too.

Domar: Pig farming, making goods of bamboos and messenger (A traditional system in which Rams spread any public news about festivals from Head of the village to the rest of villagers by beating the special drum) are the traditional jobs for Ram caste.

Kichak: The hunters and camping caste, these caste mainly rely on hunting birds etc and generally do not own any lands or houses and are the poorest. They live in tent along the roadside and keep migrating one to another places as hunting gets harder and feel shortage of food in the area.

Bishwakarma also known as Sonar: In west it is known as Goldsmiths, making jewelleries and all sort of metal tools for agriculture and households such as knives, Kodal (a tool to dig field) etc.

Damai: The Caste involved in tailoring business.

Sah also known as Teli: The Oil maker caste but majority of Sah are now middle class and they are easily acceptable and integrated in any society in Nepal.

Nepal Village Foundation has involved in supporting these untouchables and the poorest families in rural villages of Nepal to uplift their livelihoods and support their children to go school। You can bring changes to their life by donating money to our projects or volunteering your skills.

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