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Name :
Sushma Subedi
Birthday :
30/6/1993
Class :
Three
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Sushma's father has deserted his family and she lives with her
mother.
Mother is a casual worker.
She has one younger sister who is studying in a Government
school.
The family live in Thimi, 8 kilometres from Kathmandu.
She is in class two of our school. She is a nice polite girl and
she likes watching TV and playing games. Her favorite subject is
science. Her mother goes to the Temple to pray every morning...
Sushma Subedi lives on the outskirts of the village of Thimi
which is traditionally where pottery, mask making and farming
are the main employment. Potters have their wheels outside their
homes and dry the pots in the sun; when there are enough they
surround them with straw and ash making a “ haystack”. This is
then lit and the mound smolders for three to four days to fire
the pots. Farming is another occupation; vegetables and rice are
grown in the very fertile soil and the farmers get the early
morning bus to take their produce to the market in Kathmandu or
to big hotels. As machine pots are now sold cheaply and
therefore not so many pots are sold, villagers are making
furniture and looking for other employment. There are two carpet
factories in Thimi and the owners are doing their best to give
workers a healthy environment to live in with medical aid when
needed.
Your sponsorship allows Sushma to be educated in English, Maths,
Science and Computer Studies enabling her to stay in education
until her 15th birthday. Culturally, this is very important as
sometimes in Nepal a girl has to leave school at 12 years of age
to look after other siblings or grandparents. They, therefore do
not get the opportunity to have successful employment or go on
to further education. Some of our sponsored students have
already completed secondary education and are studying at
university to become lawyers and doctors as well as engineers
and teachers.
As well as schooling we sponsor a Goat Project. A family is
given a goat, which they mate, thus creating their own small
herd of goats. They are able to sell the milk, cheese and meat
giving them an income. We are very proud of our Nepalese culture
and make sure that students participate in religious festivals
wearing their traditional dress. We are happy that we are able
to admit children with minor disabilities to our school and we
work closely with the disabled school in Thimi. We are keen to
look after our village and undertake projects like “Keep Thimi
Tidy ". Our students go round the village collecting all the
rubbish, sweeping the streets and talking to people about
environmental issues.
I enclose a list of donation items as well as a scale of fees
should you or your friends be interested. Not only does this sum
pay for the child’s schooling but it also pays for a school
uniform and their exercise books.
Our school works closely with the local health centre to improve
health care and we are doing our best to improve conditions in
the local carpet factories. |
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