The Upper Dolpo region is home to some of the highest villages found on earth. It has breathtaking mountain scenery that has attracted people from all over the world. Due to its remoteness, the 5,000 people living in the mountains surrounding Sheri are largely forgotten by the government and the many NGOs that operate in Nepal.
In and around Sheri, the majority of people, adults and children, are illiterate and can only speak a local Tibetan dialect. Villages are widely scattered throughout the mountains making most public schools too far for children to attend. The schools that do exist, have too few teachers and lack basic facilities such as running water or even benches.
As a result, the younger population is trapped in a cycle of poverty and underdevelopment. Unfortunately this is also the situation in many other remote districts of Nepal that get passed over by the government. Girls are first to suffer from this lack of access to education because the families usually send the boys away to school if they can afford it.
We aim to reverse this situation. We strongly believe that giving girls and boys access to education in Dolpo and other remote areas is key to ending poverty. This new school is only a first step towards offering a better and more hopeful future to the people of this region.
In collaboration with a very supportive local community, we built a primary boarding school in Sheri, a small under-served village located high in the Himalayan region of Dolpo, Nepal.
It was the first ever school built in their community providing the local children with a unique opportunity to get an education. Most of the students are from small surrounding villages and live in our boarding school during the weeks as their homes are far away. Ultimately, the school hopes to accommodate more than 300 students.
Right now, we need you to support the Himalayan children in need!
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Semoga Semua Hidup Berbahagia
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May ALL Be Happy
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an auspicious connection! Praying for Dolpo Children a beautiful future !
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Hope that this will be of use to those in Himalaya!
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Sey Namkha Dorje, the founder of the Shree Janajagriti Basic Boarding School, is a good friend of mine that I look up to due to his great involvement in various social activities. That is why I immediately took the chance to fundraise for his cause. With Simply Giving, I hope to gather enough funds so that he will be able to cater to the needs of the Himalayan children in his school and hopefully accommodate more of those who are in need.
