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Supporting Children Through Education in Rural Nepal
NEEF works hard to remove barriers to Indigenous children's education in rural Nepal. Those barriers could be as simple as a pair of socks and shoes or a warm jacket to allow kids to attend primary school in an unheated classroom. Or it may be as complicated as needing to place a school teacher in a local Buddhist monastery high up on a mountainside to serve a tiny Sherpa village that has no local school for their littlest and most vulnerable. Children are even held out of school for not being able to acquire a shirt and tie as a school uniform or not have a pencil and paper to take notes. NEEF has placed English language teachers into local classrooms and created an affordable model for self-determination that has gained wide support. No matter what support activity NEEF takes on it always works through the locally elected school committee. NEEF will always respect the autonomy and independence of the people it serves.
All of NEEF's work is done in the mountainous Solukhumbu district, focused in the remote municipality of Mahakulung and particularly in the villages surrounding Chheskam. To gain influence China is supporting infrastructure across Nepal and has now pushed a single road into Chheskam.
All donations go directly to serve children. No funds are ever spent on administration or travel. Those costs are borne completely by our founders, Ken and Marlene Ladouceur.
Nepal's poverty is due to political instability and corruption, a lack of industry, and its dependence on agriculture. Despite being rich in natural resources, Nepal has not utilized and capitalized on its resources. Nepali resources are often developed and exported by other countries like India and China. Throughout the history of Nepal, Indigenous peoples have been discriminated against, marginalized, excluded, subjugated, dominated and exploited in terms of land, territories, resources, language, culture, laws customary and political and economic opportunities. Today the Indigenous Kulung and Sherpa people remain marginalized and isolated with very little influence.
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NEEF is a registered 501(c)3 in the USA. EIN 46-5760893
NEEF is a also registered Canadian charity. Registration number 100910-5
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WARM WINTER CLOTHING
WARM WINTER CLOTHING
It was alarming for us to realize that a warm jacket, a pair of shoes, or even a pair of socks are barriers to children being able to get to school and even stay in school during the cold winter months in rural Nepal. NEEF works exclusively in the isolated region of Mahakulung and more specifically in the rugged high altitude province of Solukhumbu. When we were in Chheskam last fall we heard stories of parents unwilling to put their small children on the long walk to school crossing raging rivers, and confronting wolves, bears and tigers. I've enjoyed a very successful career in school administration across North America and I've never dealt with tigers! If NEEF can provide shoes and socks, a track suit, or some school supplies to assist with the burden then we will always step up and try. The onus then lies with the parents, or more specifically the children, to take responsibility for their own success.
Children are held out of school when they don't have a school uniform, a simple shirt and tie. They are held out of school when they lack something to write with or to write on. We have found that these young people have incredible potential that will never be tapped if they aren't give the chance.
The following pictures were recently taken in the Mahakulung region of Nepal showing the faces of the people: the little boy who wouldn't have the pencil, the little girl who wouldn't have the pair of shoes, another girl who holds her washcloth wearing her warm tracksuit, the classroom of kids showing off their soap and toothpaste. We have lots and lots of great pictures of grateful children. Their happiness is all the reward we need for the support you provide to the Nepal English Education Foundation. Thank you.
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