We had a very successful field visit to Dhading from the 5th of November, 2012 to to 9th November, 2012. All the 6th Form students of the British School worked extremely hard showing utmost dedication, teamwork and excellent problem solving skills while doing the development work for the three chosen schools. We had three teachers accompanying, who were also of tremendous help. We undertook a variety of projects such as supplying one school's toilet with water to fencing one of the schools fully. All in all, it was a huge success and we hope that we can work on this year's work in the future and take our involvement in the community to a whole new level.
More follow up detailed information coming up.. stay tuned folks!
Facilitating development in schools in rural Nepal-Dhading, an initiative taken by The British School students.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Plan
2012 Visit
(5th November to 9th November)
Khannigan
Primary School
·
Get
a compost pit operational and teach them how to keep it functioning for their
own benefits
·
Awareness
Programme on importance of hygiene and sanitation and other general well being
·
Supply
the school with text and exercise books and other stationary material which
will help in the students’ learning
·
Re-energize
the already existing Green Club (Unique Child Club) with awareness programme on
the environment. Set it up for a long term plan, which can be monitored in
future visits. (Check manual)
·
Painting
the classroom, what we will paint should be decided on before we are actually
in Dhading.
·
Possible
get carpets for the floors in the school
·
Set
up a Sports Club (Check the Manual)
·
Interacting
session with the teachers, ask them how they teach and provide inputs on how
they may be able to improve in their pre-existing skills
·
If
mid-day meals are provided in the school, set up a kitchen garden
·
Incinerator?
Gaitridevi
Primary School
·
Again,
get a compost pit operational for the school alongside a small kitchen garden
if the school provides mid-day meals to the children
·
Building
a fence
·
As
they need help with the unfinished building, funds is what they need most to
carry on with the construction work. So fundraising?
·
Set
up a Green Club for the school along with a Sports Club, which will then be run
by a member of staff, who will be trained by one of the students, who will then
carry it on further. (Once a week?)
·
Incinerator
– Rubbish management system, make the students/teachers aware
·
Again,
bring in stationary material alongside some posters.
·
Organise
an health and hygiene programme for the students for general awareness
·
General
Interaction session with the teachers, have a look at what is possible to do
for the future years.
Long Term plans (2012 and beyond…)
Khannigan
Primary School
·
Make sure the Green Clubs and the Sports clubs
have been functioning efficiently after the years they were initiated
·
Support with more coursebooks, textbooks, and
other stationery which will aid the students’ learning
·
Renew paintings on the walls, adapt to the
situation they’re in. Only do it if it
is a must
·
Carpet the whole school’s interior floor
·
Get climbing frames constructed in the school’s
playground. Other simple swings/rides in their playground can be added to add
to the school’s friendly and fun environment
Gaitridevi Primary School
·
Work on the school’s wall and the fence
·
Raise huge amounts of funds to assist them in
completing their unfinished building
·
Carry on with the work in the Green Club and the
Sports Club; check their progress are they functioning effectively and are they
actually benefiting the students of the school
·
Look into generating revenue from the small
forest near the school, in order to fund for the their school projects, such as
completing the construction next to their building
·
Review the rubbish management system
·
Constructing toilets? (Funds!!)
·
Repairing the roof, so as to avoid the seepage
in the rainy season (funds needed!)
·
Repainting the murals and other paintings on the
wall
·
Monday, September 10, 2012
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Dhading: The Past, Present and the Future
The 6th Form Dhading Project is a student-led project that facilitates
change and development in the Dhading district (5 hours drive from KTM, on the
way to PKR). The central focus of the project is to link learning to life and
to allow students to lead the way in creating positive change within their
community, while enhancing their own perception and understanding of the
world.
The project has been a part of 6th Form from 3 years now. In 2010, the
students visited Dhading to perform a ‘needs assessment” in various schools,
preparing the ground for the pilot project of 2011.
On the 7th Nov 2011, we headed off to Dhading for a week, keeping in
mind that our primary aim was to facilitate development. Nervous but focused,
we were split into 3 groups, each visiting a different school around Dhading
Besi.
On reaching the schools, we
realized what life outside the little bubble we live in was really like. No
direct water supply, no proper sanitation, broken benches, a lack of general
school equipments; all were problems faced by these schools. Blisters, sprained
arms and legs, clothes splattered with paint, body aches, were minor inconvenience
we had to go through whilst addressing these problems. But, at the end of the
week, a school was finally supplied with water after days of digging, all three
schools were painted new inside out with murals, clubs and classes were taken,
and manuals were made for both academic subjects and sports.
Grass-root experiential learning, such as Dhading, has made
students help not only the community but also helped them to take ownership of
where they want to go in their lives. Their organisational and communication
skills, both have been enhanced as they are now able to work as a single unit
and adapt to remote circumstances. All these skills are comprehensive and
applicable to real life, which have the potential to heighten their personal
strengths. We now appreciate the complexity involved in eradicating basic
social problems and have forced them to link their academic knowledge to
address rural development at a small scale, if not big.
The Dhading project is an ongoing effort to reach out to rural schools
around the district, which is why the 6th Form will be heading to Dhading again
on the 5th November 2012. This year however is different: We will be working
with 3 primary schools not just for one year, but for 3 years. This in itself
is to tie into our view of real positive development which is about a change in
mindset, which is of course takes time. Hence, this year our watchwords are
“self-sufficient” and “self-reliant”.
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