By Mun Maya Rawal | Executive Director
Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, a strict country-wide lockdown has been in effect in Nepal since late March. Cases are still relatively low, but are beginning to rise. This is a scary prospect in a developing country like Nepal, which has both a fragile economy and health care system.
The school year ends mid-March, so our students were able to complete the academic year before school closures began, although national final exams (grade 10 and grade 12) and all further regular classes have been postponed until later notice. Thankfully, all of our students remain safe and sound as they shelter-in-place with their families or guardians.
In March, five of our students graduated from high school and from this project! We are extremely proud of their accomplishments, as each of them are the first in their families to achieve this level of education! Currently, we are encouraging all five graduating students to apply for further educational support through our Higher Education Scholarship Program (HESP).
This leaves a total of 80 students enrolled in HCC’s Rural Education Scholarship Program (previously known as the Earthquake Orphan Scholarship Program), including 12 students at local boarding schools.
Smart and bold Ritu* is now a high school graduate! With HCC support, she is living in a rented room near her college in the district headquarters. She is a studious young lady and is continuing to work hard studying for her upcoming final grade 12 exams, which were postponed due to COVID-19. Her favourite subjects in school are Nepali and Law because she finds them easy to understand and fun to study. She also enjoys dancing and playing volleyball, and has a dream of traveling all over Nepal in the future. She hopes to enroll into university to study Law next year. Her aim in life is to become a successful lawyer and advocate for children like herself who are from disadvantaged caste communities and don't have parents.
Ritu says, “ Thank you so much for your help and support!”
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