Archive for July 2011
FEAT for Youth
A grade 9 student who aspires to be a teacher does work experience at Thimi School
FEAT for YOUTH is a further education and training program which aims to improve employment opportunities for students in NAFA and JOY supported projects, who are nearing school completion. Students from Prisoners Assistance (PA) Nepal, Tawal school, Vinayak Shiksha Niketan (VSN) School (Thimi), and young people with disabilities will be involved. These students need help to overcome obstacles to finding employment, such as family poverty, remote area living, separation from family, and physical disability.
VSN students visiting Tilganga Eye Centre
FEAT activities include:
- Work place visits and work experience.
- Vocational Training and workplace training/apprenticeships.
- Further post SLC education ie college in Nepal.
- Training in leadership skills, job seeking skills and effective work habits.
- Peer and adult mentoring.
PA Nepal students research technical training opportunities
We need your help with:
- One-off or ongoing financial donations earmarked to the program.
- Industry supported donations (eg nurses providing funds for student’s nursing training).
- Individual or organisational sponsorship of a student with an outstanding academic record, talent or determination to succeed in a particular occupation/profession.
- Using personal and work networks to interest individuals or groups in supporting the program.
- Innovative ideas for training, or about industry trends etc which could be used in Nepal.
Water infrastructure for school Lapsephedi
Location: ½ day walk from the village of Sankhu in the Kathmandu valley
Date: February 2010
Partner: Shree Bair Mahadev Primary School, Lapsephedi
Beneficiaries: 176 students
Objective: To provide drinking water for students of the school.
Details: Application submitted for $930 to fund the purchase of reserve tanks, water pipes and tap stands at the school.
Outcomes: The application was approved and within a month of funds delivered to the school the project was completed.
This was a community project where the teachers, students and villagers worked as volunteers each Saturday to complete the work. They buried the holding tank at the water source and then laid and buried the pipes to the school where they built a tap stand for the children and a sink in the teachers room. NAFA executive members visited the school and were impressed with the completed work. The community were very proud of their work and showed their gratitude with a lovely school programme where the children sang and danced.