Meet Bishrut & Shova.these are two young teachers I met today, both 22 years old. I was so impressed with their hard work and dedication to the children at Moshanpur. She is the English teacher and he is the Science teacher. He doesn’t even have a beaker or a burner and he dreams of a science lab for the children. She talked of them using their phones to show the children images because there are no teaching tools. I think we should find a way to make this happen. Nepal needs more young professionals to stay and make a difference here. Maybe we can support these dreams… I will try to put together supply boxes for each of them while back in Kathmandu… If anyone wants to help let me know! 

   I met Anita today! She is a spunky, brave 14 year old that has a contagious giggle and a gorgeous spirit. She is a   ENG scholarship girl. She is living away from her family in this village and dreams of being a computer engineer. 
This school is a very poor government school and the young English teacher shared that most of the children come from the “slum dog” area by the river. 

The primary school building was very old and was damaged by the earthquake. The gov has provided about 50%of the funds needed to rebuild.they need everything. The children don’t even have money for pencils and they have trouble keeping them in school after around 10 or 11 years old. Many of the children go to school from9-4 and then go to work for other families starting at age 6 or 7. No time for reading or homework. Life is so difficult for so many children. ENG will fulfill their wish by contributing to building and providing a resource room. I wish we could give them so much more but I’m thankful we can help in some small way. 

Tonight I went for a walk along the river with Babi & Pramita and had roasted corn for the first time. Today was just really tough to see children with so little in such poor conditions. A quiet evening was needed. One more school tomorrow and back to Kathmandu to re-group before heading to Lamjung.   
 

Waving good-bye to these beautiful children as our motorcycle pulls away and wondering what the future holds for them 

Black market fuel for our motorcycles in Chitwan 

Our a Empower Nepali Girls at Sharanpur school in Nepal trying out #LuminAID solar lights for Safe Learning Space Project.  

Today we rode to a very remote and very poor area of Chitwan to Sharanpur school. We have 10 scholarship girls from this area. There are 175 students here total, nursery to 7th grade. The school has no electricity, only the one computer ENG gave them, and  they reported that many kids don’t get lunch each day due to poverty. They have no library. Room to Read came a long time ago but the materials are torn up and the room was a disaster. We told them if they clean out the space we will work to provide the resources they asked for, a speaker system, books ( emphasis on science and reading for children) and musical instruments to show the children. The village women were very welcoming and curious about my life and the children were curious and diligent in working! This school is one of the few that has NOT been adopted yet… Please contact me if you would like to help!!! We need a sponsor! 
   
    
   

“I woke up like this” takes on a whole new meaning and I apologize! 4th morning in a row waking up to no hot water and one bulb that works over my bed due to electricity shortage.im hoping my pants are on the right end! It just is what it is! #keepingitreal

Lots of people ask me what the remote areas look like so here are some typical homes in remote Chitwan 

I love this school and this village. It was extremely good to be back! The safe learning space request at this school is for a library area. The current reading room is closed. It was originally supported by the “Room to Read” foundation. We will help with book shelves and books and also benches. The teachers and administration had a vision for what they wanted for the kids… So glad ENG can make this possible. This school has 250 students in grades 1-8.  They have 12 teachers. They are a gov school. ENG has 18 scholarship girls from this area.  They also have a classroom for their smallest little ones that needs assistance and they need salary for a computer teacher.