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As we were finishing the earthquake interventions, yet another schools building was constructed and handed over in Charnavati municipality in Dolakha District on 30th November 2021. The school is situated at the edge of the village near the forest entrance and has the capacity of 152 children up to class 8.

This is one of the least developed schools in terms of infrastructure and teaching resources. The teachers have hardly any training in creative teaching techniques. NJSI has also taken the chance to improve the education here by establishing and education smart hub and linking them to our training programs and orientations.

The inaugural ceremony was chaired by the local leadership while the local educatin officials came and expressed their gratitude towards NJSI the memorable contribution.

Arun Rural municipality in Yaku, Bhojpur district is in Predesh no 1, is situtated to the North east of Nepal. Out of the total population of 17687, Rais, Chettris, Magars and Bhrahmins (hill) are the leading ethnic groups while Newars, Tamangs, Kamis and Bhujel have significant numbers. The district is mostly rural except for the recently built highway which passes through the main cities.

Vishwapremi Secondary school, is the main Government school in the area and has the students volume of about 500. NJSI was invited by the school management committee along with the local government and leaders who wanted their school educational environment to be enhanced with modern technology and teaching methods. There seems to be great interest among the local people in developing the school. This is also one of the first established Government schools in Nepal.

NJSI team led by Fr. Roy Sebastian, SJ. Reached the village on 21 September 2022. Besides establishing the Education Smart Hub in the school, the team also visited a couple of nearby government schools looking at the possibility of conducting Rural Education Improvement program. This has become the 34th school where NJSI-Fe y Alegria Nepal has started REIN.

There were three parent’s orientations were given in the year 2022. One in Jaya Bageshowri women center which is located at Galthum, Sindhupalchowk, another one was in Indrawati Women’s Center which is located at, Katunje, Kavre and last one was at Kavre Regional Center. Both of the women centers were built by NJSI. The parent’s orientations were aimed at conscientizing the parents about the Psycho-socio development of the children at their growing age. How to understand and monitor a child’s behavior in order to help the child in difficulties and problems. Our resource person, Ms. Rama Karki, a senior psychologist and have been working with SOS children’s village for many years. She is presently the care taker of the SOS Special children’s village at Jorpatti, Kathmandu.
The parent’s orientation is often coupled with Paralegal training as well. This includes teaching of the constitutional provisions for women and child care in the new democratic change over in Nepal. It is quite a unique phenomenon that in most of our parent’s orientation and paralegal training program mostly women, generally the mothers participate. It is understood in the context that when the men are mostly out looking for job, the women stay back home and look after the property and the children. So, it is very important to educate the women in villages so that there is more awareness and knowledge towards the need for proper education and development of the children for creating better citizens for the future of Nepal.

NJSI team headed to Shree Bhumi Basic School on 23rd June, 2023 to provide track-suit for 128 students. The school is located at Lukum village which is at Rukum district. The school runs the classes from ECD to 8. The village lays on the foot of high mountains, the people have their own culture, language and identity. The houses are made in a village style which are years old. Till a decade ago, there were no road but now the road has brought a huge change in the life of villagers. The students come from very poor family background. The school is 35 years old, It was establish in 2045 B.S. The students were very happy after receiving the new clothes, track suit and the school Management Committee was thankful for the support from NJSI team.

To mark the auspicious day of NJSI on 19th May, 2022, NJSI celebrated by distributing 30 summer blankets to the visually impaired ones from Bright Star Society. NJSI was establish in 2015, May 19th after the massive earthquake in Nepal. It was established by Nepal Jesuit Society (NJS). We celebrated our 7 years of working in relief, recovery and rehabilitation sectors.

A combined school Eco club meet and a Personality development camp was held at Kavre Regional Centre. The program was for three days from 5th to 7th April, 2022 And 35 children from nearly 10 schools participated in the program.
The Eco-meet was focusing on the dangers of the use of pesticide in Agriculture. The students were given inputs by Mr. MC Pereira, the agriculturists on our team led the sessions. The Personality Development program was initiated by Fr. Roy giving the session of the self-discovery and identity establishment with exercises on Critical thinking. Fr. Mathew gave training on time management and professional student behavior.

The students they had discussions and chart preparation based on the theme of Pesticide use and its dangers in Agriculture. On the final day the participants presented their findings in chart form to about 100 students came from the nearby schools as audience. The final day, the local government representatives and the director of the agricultural department Mr. Ishowr was present and gave inputs to the student participants. The students were accompanied by the teachers.
Six volunteers from St. Xaviers College came to help the students and did a lot of help inorganizing and conducting the various items of the program.