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Eco-clubs have been not only the platform for school children to serve their community by protecting and maintaining a healthy environment but also to create interest and involve themselves in decision making as responsible persons at a young age. NJSI has been establishing and following up the Eco-clubs in many schools under the theme “Save Our Planet” (SOP) in 13 schools

This year after the covid19 lockdown, follow-up programs of Eco-clubs were conducted in the schools in Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk districts.

On January 28th, 2021 the follow-up program of eco-club was conducted in Shree Bhumesthan Secondary School at Mane in Melung municipality, Dolakha. The school has a new building and fresh ground where Eco-club participants are planning to make flower gardens with different variety of flower plants, and to put posters and charts about sanitation and hygiene along with corona sanitization in each classroom.

In Shree Haleshwor School in Gadepu, Gaurishankar RM, Dolakha, on January 29th, 2021, the follow up was conducted. The students there, are planning to conduct a COVID-19 awareness program in the village by a street play (drama). The Eco-club activists  also emphasize on developing practical skills in plantation of flowers and herbs.

The follow-up program at  Shree Saraswati Secondary School on February 5th, a was mainly to form the new Eco club group as the previous members were passed out of the school. They could not perform any activities on 2020, due to pandemic so they are eagerly wanting to bring out plan into action on coming days of 2021.

Personality Development Camp (PDC) aims at making an individual capable of creating goals objectives, improving learning ability and responsibility along with sharpening their communication skills and upgrading the self-confidence. The PDC conducted on 2nd Feb, 2021 was targeted for Shree Ram School, Koshidekha, Kavre. Total 53 students from class 9 and 10 attended the program.  Students were attentive and shared information about Reproductive human rights (mainly boys). Critical thinking was introduced for the students, they were excited to learn about it.

The following day (3rd Feb) was dedicated for Eco-club follow up program since eco-club play crucial role in creating environmental awareness enabling the students to be sensitive towards environmental concern to tackle environmental problems. Teachers and students are discussing about workshop for eco-club and they will send their plan within a month.

Realizing the lack of opportunity for poor people in the village to have access to regular medical support during covid lockdown, NJSI conducted two medical camps in two poor villages namely,  Shreerampati-07, Kavre and Shyame Dada, Gajuri-06, Dhading in collaboration with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth.

On 15th February 2021, the medical team went to ShreeRam pati-07, Panchkhal, Kavre for general checkup and distribution of medicines. There were altogether 183 beneficiaries.

On 26th February 2021, health camp was conducted at Gajuri and 158 came for the free checkup and received medicines. It was the first ever medical camp conducted in this village where one of the most marginalized group in Nepal, called the “Chepang” community lived. Lack education and job opportunities for these people, have resulted in poverty and eventually leading to many health issues. The accessibility to nearby health post is difficult due to long distance and lack of transportation. Many of them do not have proper housing even.

Mostly people suffered from general health problems like joint pain, common cold etc. Various health related awareness videos, especially COVID-19 Protocol videos and news were prepared and played in TV for the patients to watch while they were standing on the que to meet the doctor. COVID-19 protocol such as sanitizing hands, wearing mask were followed during the camp.

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed our lives. These are truly unprecedented times that have affected the nation’s healthcare systems, leaving people at the risk of exposure and adding livelihood challenges for many, especially the migrant workers.

Looking at the problems that made people’s lives hard, NJSI distributed relief packages to the families living in different places. So far a total of 886 Families were provided with relief packages, and our target remains more than 1000.

282 Families who are socially unprivileged, single women Family, Refugees and who belongs to Dalit community from Namobhuddha Municipality and Mandandeupur Municipality, Kavre were provided with the packages consisting of Rice, Soya bean, Salt, oil and soaps.

In Collaboration With Bright Star Society NJSI Provided Relief to 182 Families with the Package consisting of Rice, Beaten rice ,lentils, red beans, soap, biscuits, soap, tea, salt, oil, flour etc. for the people living in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kavrepalanchowk and Sindhupalchowk. NJSI also gave Masks and Pen-drive Radios for recording classes as educational support to 81 Visually Challenged students during the Lockdown. And in collaboration with Maiti Nepal NJSI Provided relief to 33 Women who lost job from restaurants shutdown due to lockdown, including monetary support of Rs.2000 each.

A sum of 281 Families from bhumikasthan municipality, Arghakhanchi (In Collaboration with St. Xavier’s College, Maitighar and SCN sister’s) and 51 families from Barhabise Municipality, Sindhupalchowk received the relief food packages and 100 units of PPE Kits were given to the volunteers and health workers in Arghakhanchi.  The Beneficiaries consisted of families dependent on remittance from foreign country, socially unprivileged, differently able and single women.

In collaboration with St. Xavier’s School Godawari 47 Daily wage workers in Godawari received the relief food packages. Moreover 10 very poor families in Khokana also received relief materials from NJSI. NJSI Thank Xavier Network and Caritas Italy on behalf of the Financial support for these interventions.

REF: https://www.ratopress.com/archives/11297

 

Humla is one of the farthest least developed far western districts in Nepal bordering with China. Karpunath is the village where the Mandara High School where  NJSI took the chance of establishing the Education Smart hub. There are no connecting roads reaching to that location from the major highways of Western Nepal. The only way to reach there was to take a flight to Simikot, the nearest Airport and Headquarters of the Humla district. Fr. Roy Sebastian, SJ lead the team including Kamal Shrestha and Ramhari Tapa Magar carrying the 55 inch android television, the TV box, the educational tablet and the necessary tools for the installation.

The journey took about 1:15 hours of flight in a local aircraft that went between the hills with only three of us as the passengers. (They were going to get a group of Buddhist monks who had chartered the flight.) There was about 45 minutes of vehicle ride from the airport this was followed by a walk of nearly 2 and half hours.
Mandara school educate children coming from 3 to 4 hours of walk away. Therefore the SLC students stay back in the school in a small hostel like facility where they cook their own food and eat before attending the schools. Ethnicity of the school is comprised of 202 students in total
The parents are agrarian folks and have goats and cows as major investments.
Due to the unwarned snow fall, the team had to stay back in Simikot for a couple of days before they could get a flight back.

Nepal Jesuit Social Institute Constructed “Lift Irrigation Project” for the people of Khadadevi Rural Municipality, ward no.1, Ramechhap.  NJSI Constructed two big reservoir tanks, one of 200000 Liters of  tank and another of 18000 Liters along with well at the river side of 10.6m depth. For the distribution of the water 1600m horizontal length and 400m vertical height of pipe was placed with 34 stations.  The whole village was facing water problem as the village lies in rain shadow area.

They were unable to grow foods and crops due to dry land. On 28th Dec, 2020 the project was inaugurated and handed over to the local people in the presence of chairman and some representatives of Khadadevi Rural Municipality and local people. This project was funded by Xavier Network and Caritas Italiana. The program was carried out with few dances by children, speech from chairman, representatives, regional director and director of NJSI. Local people were very Thankful to NJSI and the donors.