Project report
AUD 22,002
Raised from 11,834 people
Project costs:
Providing educational resources to schools is crucial to the long-term success of The Australian Himalayan Foundation’s Quality Education Program in Nepal. In these impoverished communities even a picture book is a luxury and computers are completely unheard of.
This project will ensure a regular supply of materials like pens, paper, writing books and textbooks to classrooms that are extremely bare and basic. Without support for these supplies, delivering an education is near impossible.
Project objectives
The project objectives are closely aligned to the UN Millennium Development Goal 2 (MDG2) and include:
- developing child centred teacher training methods
- providing relevant and appropriate teaching resources
- increasing teacher and child attendance enrolment and in particular girls’ attendance in schools
- Enhancing community support for schools by improving the relevance of education practices for children in poor rural communities
Background on Quality Education program
This is the 9th year (of a 12 year program cycle) that builds on the legacy left by Sir Edmund Hillary who built the first schools in the area.
The AHF’s program extends beyond the more affluent communities in the Everest region (known as the Upper Solu Khumbu) visited by many thousands of trekkers each year, to districts in the Lower Solu Khumbu that are away from the tourist trails and in dire need of educational support.
Project partners
The Australian Himalayan Foundation's project partners are REED (Rural Education and Environment Development) in Nepal – a local organisation that has conducted programs in the Solu Khumbu for the last 12 years and whose work is recognised as a centre of excellence by the Nepal Department of Education.
The Australian Himalayan Foundation is a registered charitable organisation and a member of the Australian Council for International Development.
How was it this funded?
Thanks to hundreds of tiny donations from these online businesses and their customers.
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Over the years, thousands of travellers have visited the Himalaya. For many it is an opportunity to trek beneath the world's highest peaks and to appreciate some of the world's most hospitable cultures. Yet the Himalaya is not just a vast adventure playground. For the local communities it is anything but easy – with access to basic health and education services often out of reach.
Following in the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary who was devoted to bringing education to the Sherpa people, the AHF is working in partnership with local communities to help the people of the Himalaya through improvements in health, education and conservation.
Giving to the AHF is an opportunity to give something back.