Each One, Teach One

About Each One, Teach One
Explore Himalaya Community Service Program has introduced the Each one Teach one project with the goal of providing school level education to conflict-affected children in a bid to give them a better chance to live a happy, secure and healthy life. The project is primarily focused on ensuring children’s rights to education. For this, EHCSP seeks financial support from various donors. With the funds collected from the donors, the project aims to provide a monthly scholarship of Rs 1000 to conflict-affected children through high school graduation. The money received will be directly utilized for the childrens' school fees, stationeries, outfits and other necessary educational resources.

Why this project?
The current scenario in Nepal highlights the alarming aftermath of the Maoist ‘People’s war.’ The armed conflict has afflicted Nepal with random killings, terror, threats, kidnappings, human rights violations and unease since 1996. Corruption and misuse of state authority ruled over Nepal for a decade, diverting funding from positive social programs. Many children were physically and mentally abused, maimed, wounded, physically disabled or psychologically tortured by both sides of the war. Children are among the most vulnerable groups in Nepal who have been directly and indirectly impacted by the pernicious armed conflict. Official statistics evidence that more than 3000 children have been displaced, about 1500 orphaned and many traumatized alarmingly, affecting their social, physical, mental and emotional development. Many became victims of child labor and police atrocities. With the fleeing of teachers, school shutdowns, children’s forced involvement in insurgency and the displacement of families, children are being deprived of their fundamental right to education. The conflict has left thousands of children orphaned or helpless. Many bright children who have a high potential for becoming capable citizens to build a better future with the power of education are today faced with uncertainties.

Who are the beneficiaries?
Conflict-affected children will directly benefit from this scholarship program. This project is aimed at empowering all those children who have been displaced, orphaned, forced into child labor and subjected to various atrocities during armed conflict. Education will be their powerful tool to combat their misfortunes and shape their future. Since children are the hope of the future, empowered children in the long run will undoubtedly empower the whole community and thus, the entire nation.

Empowerment through Education
Education is the only tool that can rehabilitate the conflict-affected children. Besides cognitive development, education is equally important for the psychological, social, and physical welfare of children. Education instills in children the crucial humanitarian values such as equality, tolerance and peace. With access to education, children can attain a sense of freedom, purpose and responsibility, self-confidence and vision for the future. To be advantaged in terms of income, health and opportunity, formal education is a must. Undeniably, education holds the key to children’s empowerment.

Scholarship program
Fourteen children from Nuwakot were nominated to receive scholarships under the Each one - Teach one project on the 23rd of February 2007 during the Golden Jubilee celebration of "Shree Bhairabi Higher Secondary School" in Nuwakot, Nepal. This project was implemented from the 'Educational Year' in May 2007 and is aimed at empowering all those children who have been displaced, orphaned, forced into child labor and subjected to various atrocities during the armed conflict. As more sponsors are found, we will broaden this program to include another 14 or more children.

How can you help?
Investing in children is investing in the future. You have the power to make a difference in the lives of these poor souls by supporting this project with your donation. Annually, sponsors will contribute to the scholarship program for these conflict-affected children.The cost to educate one child for an entire year is USD250 (or 125 GBP). 80% of the funds collected will go directly to the children for the educational needs. 20% of the amount goes for administrative work and local coordinators (ie USD 50).Local guardians will be authorized to utilize this fund for children's education. We have local monitors who will ensure that the funds are used for the children’s educational needs and who will follow the children’s progress in school. We will send you periodically the children's regular progress reports to assure you that your contribution has indeed been very used for the purposes for which it was intended. The Explore Himalaya website currently has pictures and short bios for the children who have been selected for these scholarships. Join our team and offer a child a future.

Whom to contact?
We have our local coordinators at various countries to gather funds from interested donors. You can directly contact our local coordinators stationed in your country. But if you do not find our coordinator in your country, then you can contact Explore Himalaya.

Our present Co-ordinators
We have been receiving great help from our country co-ordinators. The Co-ordinators basically, raise sponsors from their respective countries and communicate between the sponsors and us.

1) We have Alice Lilly from UK. She has been an active co-ordinator since the beginning of the project.

2) We have Karla Piecuch from Canada, living in USA. She travelled with Explore Himalaya in the past and is one of the many well wishers of Explore Himalaya. She has also been keenly active in this project from the very beginning. She is in charge of 5 sponsors from Canada for the first year of Each One-Teach One.

Contact Address: Karla Piecuch P.O. Box 825 Suquamish, WA 98392 USA Telephone #: 360-598-3601, cell # 206-313-3584 Email: corvidcreek@hotmail.com

3) Mr. Harihar Pandey Local Co-ordinator - Nuwakot We have appointed members of the Nuwakot Taekwondo Dojo as our local coordinators. The local head coordinator is Mr.Harihar Pandey, Chief coach & 4th Dan Black Belt Taekwondo player.

Role of a Co-ordinator
1) The main role of a co-ordinator is to search for prospective sponsors and help raise sponsorship. We also provide online registration form and agreement letter for the prospective sponsors.
2) The Co-ordinator helps in updating our reports about the children to the sponsors.
3) The Co-ordinator collectively sends us the donation raised from the sponsors.
4) The Co-ordinator keeps us informed about the status of the sponsors.

Nominating and then declaring the nominated children for the project
We firstly go to the villages and try to find out about the background and family-history of the child. For verification, we check the facts with the other villagers. When we are sure that we have a genuine case, we ask the guardian of the child to fill the application form and submit it with the supporting documents, duly attested by their school, concerned department and District Development Committee. We then make a profile of the children based on these then we publish to our website.

Each One Teach One Project - Keeping up with the Good Work

Report of Each One Teach One Project 1st Batch in 2010

Renu Lama - sponsor: Mrs. Meryl Lilly (in memory of the late Mr. Peter Lilly), UK Renu Lama has passed grade 6 with average marks and now studying in Class 7. A shy and quite child, she has been always obedient child in school. She came with her brother and her mother. Profile
Rajkumar Lama He appeared in the School Leaving Certificate examination last April and now waiting for the results. As he is stepping out of schooling, he is fully set to involve in Tae-Kwon-Do. Profile
Rachana Ghale-sponsors: Jenny & Josh Dewitt, USA Rachana is quiet yet clever girl. She has passed grade 6 in 4th Position and now studying in grade 7. She had always liked to learn Social Studies and had obtained pretty good marks in the particular subject. Profile
Umesh Ghale- sponsors: Bill Purdy & Michele Costa, USA Umesh has been promoted to grade 2 this year. This year also, he had secured second position. His favorite subject is Mathematics. Profile
Sudha Paudel- sponsors: John & Ellen Knott, USA Sudha is a disciplined child. She has passed grade 2 and is now studying in grade 3. Her spoken English is noticeably good. She came with her Mother. According to her mother, she was kept into day-boarders in Orchid Academy as there is no one to help her in her studies at home to improve her studies. Profile
Rama Nepal- Sponsor: David & Lesley Cox, Canada Rama is studying in one of the local secondary school. She had passed grade 3 and now studying grade 4. She came with her mother and brother Dipesh who also studies with her in the same school. Profile
Dipesh Nepal- Sponsor: David & Lesley Cox, Canada Dipesh is a smart kid. He is studying in class 4 with her sister in the same school. He loves playing football with friends. Profile
Dipak Paudel- sponsor: Kim Spiers , UK Dipak is now studying in grade 5. He is very active and energetic. He likes to play Cricket with his friends and loves to study Science. He came with his mother. Profile
Yamuna Adhikari- sponsor: Barett family, UK Yamuna Adhikari: She has passed class IV and upgraded to class V now. Her report shows 54.62 percent of score with ranked in 16th position in her class. She is remarked as good from her school in drawing, sports and discipline. Profile
Kisan Adhikari- sponsors: Catherine & Keith Spiers of UK Kisan is a brilliant student. He passed his School Leaving Certificate level and is now studying in 12th grade. Profile
Laxmi Lamichane-sponsors: James & Georgina Young UK Laxmi is a quiet girl. She is now studying in grade 2 securing 3rd position in her promotion exams of grade one. She now likes dancing and playing football in her free time. Profile
Chok Raj Lamichane- sponsors: Tom and Sam Sirs, UK Chok Raj is a smart and active guy. Last year he has been not so healthy. Despite being sick regularly, he had secured 1st position in his promotion exam of Upper Kinder Garden. He likes to play all kinds of games that he can play with his friends. Profile
Prakriti Dhakal-sponsor:Catherine Mollier & Friends, France Prakriti is shy girl. She likes watching TV in her leisure. Profile
Sagar Dhakal- sponsor:Alice Lily, UK Sagar is very intelligent boy. He is linguistically quiet well and speaks good English. He likes to study science and is keen in writing and watching TV in his free time. Profile
Prabina Acharya- Sponsor: John Spiers, UK Prabina seems to be socialized girl. But she is bit weak in studies. She had passed grade 7 and now studying in grade 8. Profile
Rabindra Adhikari-sponsor: Sue Lytton, UK Rabindra is back to his previous school from Government school due to some personal reason. He is now studying in grade 5. He is good in studies. As his father was ex-army and was killed during the Maoist insurgency, the Government is now taking care of his studies providing scholarship for his studies. Profile

Report of Each One Teach One 2nd Batch in 2010

Ajay Man Dongol - Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Shaw Ajay stood 2nd position in the final examination of grade 2 and now studying in grade 3. He came with his uncle. According to his uncle, he likes mathematics and he has now grown his interest in computers. Profile
Dhiraj Tamang - Sponsor: Mr. & Mrs. Shaw Dhiraj is now studying in grade 3. He is a very active and smart child.Watching his activities, he seems to be very active and caring about the people around him, very social. He is a good child. Profile
Prithivi Sagar Gotame -Sponser: Tony Evans Prithivi is 5 years old boy. Last year he joined school and now doing well with his studies. This year, her mother got sponsorship for skills development training in Kathmandu and therefore Prithivi also came with his mother and studying in Nepal Matri Primary School in Kathmandu. Profile
Shova Ghale- Shova lives with her Aunt. Because of the poverty she had been helping the family by going to the market held in the centre of Goljung village to sell some handicrafts and daily needed utensil. She has to go the market every morning and afternoon which is bothering her to continue her studies. She expressed disappointment for not attending school regularly and willingness to have more time for her studies. She likes singing very much and her favorite sport is volley ball. Profile
Tej Kumari Adhikari- Tej Kumari has recently joined new school in Trisuli High School for the convenient traveling to school from home. Although she is also helping her mother in her earnings, she had passed grade 7 with very good percentage (75%). Profile
Kesab Raj Adhikari- Kesab, Tej Kumari's brother is an intelligent boy. He is also studying in grade 7. He didn't came to the meeting. According to his mother, who was present with Tej Kumari- the sister, last year, he fell sick very often and could not attend school regularly. Profile
Sushmita Shahi- Sponsor: Karla Piecuch Sushmita is a jolly girl. This year, she was upgraded to grade Four. She likes to do skipping after her homework. Sushmita came with her mother for the meeting with us. Profile
Srijana Magar- Srijana obtained 1st position on her final exams of grade Eight. She is quiet but very intelligent and attentive girl. From last year, she started Tae-Kwon-Do and is already a Double Belt. Profile
Laxman Acharya-Sponser: Sophie Cooper (Hector Cooper-Williams) Laxman is studying in class Five. He is very happy to upgrade to grade Five. He is an attentive and playful kid. Profile
Damodar Paudal- Damodar is a cheerful, lovely and yet shy kid. He is now studying in Upper Kinder Garden. Profile
Binita Bogati- Binata is studying in grade 4 after she passed her final exams of grade 3 in 3rd position. Profile
Salona Chitrakar- Salona is now in her High School studying in 12th grade. Salona is a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. She seems to have very good managerial skills and is cooperative. Profile
Dipak Kumal-Sponsor: Mrs. M. Lilly Dipak this year passed class Six and is doing well with his studies in grade 7. He likes to play football as much as possible and become a good football player in future. Profile
Kopila Risal- Kopila has improved this year in her studies and ranked 6th in her final exam of grade 6. She has very good skills in writing Nepali literature. She is very interested in Kabaddi and she likes to play badminton in her leisure. Her favorite subject is Mathematics. Profile
Rosma Pudasaini-Sponsor: Nia Carras Rosma has started schooling last year. She is now studying in Lower Kinder Garden. She came with her uncle.
Bishu Rana Magar- Bishu is studying in Lower Kinder Garden. She likes to play alone. But she had always liked her friends Rosma to play with.
Sandhya Giri- She is studying in grade three as she passed her final exam with good marks. Though she is a quiet kind of girl, she always had liked to play with friends in time. She came with her mother to meet us. Profile
Sushila Rimal- However Sushila was not able to attend the meeting, we have received the information from the local guardian that she had passed grade 6 and is now studying in grade 7 Profile

In the first year of Each One Teach One, we had included those children who are conflict affected. This year we have 18 more children. In our search for conflict affected children with weak economic background, we received many requests and applications from children belonging to under privileged and marginalized group of society. Therefore, from this year we have decided to look for sponsors for children from the needy and marginalized group. However, our first priority shall always be to the conflict affected children.

Children recently admitted on our "each one, teach one" program. If you would like to sponsor one of them, please contact us.

Archive Profile

We extend our gratitude to all the respective country co-ordinators and to the sponsors for taking responsibility of the needy and deprived children of Nepal through our project “Each One Teach One”. We are very proud to continue Each One Teach One with the help of the valued co-ordinators as well as the sponsors.

How do we keep Co-ordinators updated?
We send reports to the Co-ordinators after every release of the donation once in 3 months.

Payment Policy
We accept both cash and cheques.

Contact:
745, Amrit Marg, Bhagwan Bahal, Thamel
P.O Box 4902, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 977-1-4418100, 4418400
Fax: 977-1-4412888
Email: enquiry@explorehimalaya.com

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