Education

UPDATE: Saturday, May 28, 2011

On the 17th of April the new school year began, finding the children of Nepal Orphans Home entering the Sklylark English School gate for their fourth year. This year we have one child in class ten and three children who completed class ten last year, two of whom are awaiting results of the locally known “Iron Gate” exam, a mandatory exam marking the children equipped to proceed to college. This year NOH has 114 of its own children at Skylark and we support the effort of 33 local village children to attend as well.

Some of our children have continually mixed with the academic leaders in each of the three previous years, and this year it appears we have excellence in almost every grade level. The Skylark English School has been very good to our children, who in return have substantially raised the caliber of education, sports and cultural programs at the school.

NOH is the very fortunate recipient of the kindness of Glenn Detrick, who was featured in an earlier update. Glenn took a huge interest in the children of Nepal Orphans Home during and after his visit last spring.

Glenn, a past administrator at Washington University in St. Louis, was intrigued by our plans to eventually build a Vocational Training Center for our children and the community at large. The need for such a facility is great. Glenn recently joined our Board and has picked up the baton and moved us onto the track with an appeal you will find on the homepage. Please click here to watch a short film about Nepal Orphans Home and to learn about the Chelsea Education Center.

Each of our children are currently receiving a top education at the Skylark English School and soon those less academically inclined will have the opportunity to learn one of many promising trades. With the Chelsea Education Center we will be able to prepare the children of NOH for productive lives as citizens of Nepal.

These honors reflect the commitment NOH has made to the Dhapasi Village over its seven-year span, and it is with great pride and unbridled enthusiasm that we see the future. Every one of the children in NOH will have a top education and/or become a master in a top-earning trade. The children that society ignored, the abandoned and sold, the orphaned, the impoverished will soon be the business, educational and cultural leaders of Nepal.

To enhance the education of our children, tutors come to Papa’s House every day after school, spending a couple of hours providing extra help during homework sessions. In 2011 Nepal Orphans Home received a grant from the Amalia & Nicola Giuliani Foundation for Religion and the Arts that allows us to double the number of tutors. The close instruction these tutors provide to our children significantly improves the children's understanding of their studies.