Our Education Work
We train teachers and other school personnel to improve the quality of education while linking education programs to interventions in health, nutrition and livelihoods to better address the reasons children don’t attend school. We also help communities assess and overcome their unique barriers to learning.
SCHOLARSHIP
“Education is the movement from darkness to light”. As Nepal is one of the world’s developing countries, people in rural areas are facing extreme poverty. They cannot afford to send their children to schools. In many areas there are not in any case sufficient schools. Children drop out at grades seven – nine to help their parents with their work in the fields. In this scenario the HTCDN is striving to help out children deprived of education.
UNIFORMS
HTCDN provides uniforms for students from the poor families. Many families could not afford new uniforms for their children when sending them to school.
STATIONERY
The HTCDN provides stationery for students having difficulty to purchasing it. When the parents could not afford the stationery, their children’s education can be affected, but we at HTCDN try to help those students out.
BACKPACKS
HTCDN also provides school backpacks to students in need. In 2019 we did provide over 200 backpacks. We are thankful to helping hands for sharing sharing their resources with the disadvantaged students in Gorkha district.
SHOES
HTCDN provides school shoes to needy children, good quality shoes that can last for a year.
WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS
We work with several schools and give training in physical health, hygiene and sanitation, child rights, child abuse, trauma counselling and disaster preparedness. We try to promote children’s rights and better education and strive to improve their participation and involvement at schools. This helps to reduce the schools’ dropout rate. We also have teamwork games, dancing and singing etc. We provide teaching practice, child safety, hygiene and sanitation workshops and training for primary and secondary school teachers.
Learning English
Learning English with native speakers is a special opportunity for students in rural communities. The tourists do not visit the areas where we work. The locals appreciate visits and are welcoming. Learning with native speakers helps improve people’s spoken English speaking and gives them confidence too.
We are looking for interested teachers and volunteers. Please let us know if you would like to work with Nepali students.
Understanding children behaviour
There are children from different backgrounds in a school. They all have different ways of thinking. The traditional way is to treat and teach all students in the same way but this needs to change. The teachers need to know that every student is different and has different learning abilities and skills.
Pedagogy
We train teachers to work in relationship with young people – creating environments which promote engagement, share power dynamics and maintain high expectations. It includes helping teachers to create classrooms and schools which promote engagement and inclusion of all young people including those most vulnerable to disengagement. Train them to assess their progress and understanding professional relationship and boundaries.
Creating child friendly environment
Creating child-friendly schools is essential for fostering an atmosphere where children feel secure, respected, and eager to learn. Such schools prioritize the safety, well-being, and development of every child, ensuring they grow in a nurturing, inclusive environment. A child-friendly school adapts its curriculum to meet the needs of all learners.
Vocational Training
A large proportion of Nepal’s manpower is unskilled and therefore unable to find better jobs with better pay. HTCD Nepal strives to provide people with proper technical and income generating skills, which will help them and their families to live better lives.
So far HTCDN has provided a variety of trainingto the local communities, such as house building, beekeeping, knitting and tailoring, computer repairing, organic farming, plumber, electrician, mechanic, etc.
We would welcome and like to work in partnership with individuals or organization that are willing to provide vocational training to people from rural communities in Nepal.
Micro-Enterprises
Rural communities people do not have many income-generating resources and so cannot make ends meet. We think that micro-enterprises such as grocery or vegetable shops and tailoring businesses could have a great impact on families, providing them with a better way to generate income.
For instance, we provide sewing machines to those who have been trained in tailoring so that they can start their own micro-business to provide for the needs of a small family. Another cheaper but effective option is a plastic greenhouse which will enable famers to grow crops in the off-seasons too.
We are studying many options for micro-enterprises
