Help Nepali minority group run its new school
Summary
We're implementing projects to enable the community in a rural village in Nepal to generate cash to pay for the costs of running and expanding their new primary school.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Before we opened the Santi Primary School in May 2008, there was no school in a Tamang village in Ramche, a rural area in the mountains of Nepal's Sindhupalchok district. About half the people in the village are Tamang, one of the smallest indigenous ethnic minorities in Nepal whose members are often victims of discrimination. The school is open to all children. To promote education for girls and minorities, all of our teachers are women; two are Tamang and one is a Dalit, or untouchable.
Activities
Tuition is free at our school. We pay all expenses. Eventually, the community will assume financial responsibility. We must establish projects to generate cash, such as a women's cooperative, improved agriculture practices, and animal husbandry.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,993
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $15,007
Total Funding Goal: $20,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Empowering the community to pay the costs of running and expanding the Santi Primary School allows the school to flourish without depending on foreign support. Also, women’s cooperatives and improved farm practices will help improve everyday life.
Project Message
One of our teachers, Subhadra, is the first and only Dalit (untouchable) woman in the village to stay in school past 10th grade. Hopefully, many girls, especially minorities, will follow her example.
- Christopher Heun, President
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Christopher Heun
Founder
295 Convent Avenue #66
New York, NY 10031
United States
1 917 574 8454
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
The Santi School Project
2401 Hammonds Ferry Road
Baltimore,
MD
21227
United States
1-917-574-8454
www.santischool.org
Where this Project is Located
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Nepal
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 24, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
100% Graduation Rate!
By Christopher Heun - president, July 28, 2009 12:17 PM
• All 25 of our first-grade students passed the government’s final exam in March
• Student attendance reached 91% between January and March
• Teachers have requested we add a 4th teacher since we added a Grade 2 class
• Parents are satisfied with their children’s reading, writing and speaking skills
GOVERNMENT OFFERS FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The government in Nepal has awarded our school with an annual stipend, based on our enrollment, of about $1,200 -- about the cost of one teacher salary for a year. This support signals the government’s intention to fully fund all of our teachers’ salaries next year.
Thanks to all of you for helping to make it possible!
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