July 4, 2004: Headlines: COS - Nepal: Service: NGO's: Deep Roots Nepal: Nikhil Jaisinghan and Mark Ludwick found Deep Roots Nepal

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By Admin1 (admin) (pool-141-157-22-73.balt.east.verizon.net - 141.157.22.73) on Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 1:07 pm: Edit Post

Nikhil Jaisinghan and Mark Ludwick found Deep Roots Nepal

Nikhil Jaisinghan and Mark Ludwick found Deep Roots Nepal

Nikhil Jaisinghan and Mark Ludwick found Deep Roots Nepal

Addressing the Need for Education in Nepal

Deep Roots Nepal

Today in Nepal, where the average annual household income is $250, the $25 it costs a family to send a child to school for a year is often an impossibility. Only 16% of all eligible Nepali students are able to overcome poverty and political instability, corruption and chronic under-funding to remain enrolled in school through grade ten.

Yet education is not a luxury; it is a right and a requirement for a prosperous, promising future-whether for a child or a country.

Deep Roots Nepal (DRN) was created in 2003 to provide a secure source of funding to outstanding Nepalese students who could not otherwise afford to attend school. With the help of carefully selected local NGO partners, DRN identifies students in rural areas of Nepal who have demonstrated academic excellence, but who are at risk of leaving the public educational system due to economic hardship. DRN subsidizes the tuition, textbook, and school supply expenses faced by these students and their families, while monitoring their progress throughout the remainder of their education. Because of the special challenges and inequities they face, DRN is committed to providing half of their scholarships to orphaned children and two-thirds of their scholarships to young women.


Program Description

Deep Roots Nepal (DRN) identifies secondary school (grades 6 to 10) students from rural areas of Nepal who demonstrate both academic excellence and economic disadvantage. DRN pays or subsidizes the minimal tuition, textbook, and school supply expenses faced by these students throughout the remainder of their secondary education. To identify potential scholarship recipients, DRN asks selected local NGOs in Nepal to nominate students who have displayed academic excellence but who are at risk of leaving the educational system due to economic hardship. The NGO worker or organization that nominates a student is committed to assist with monitoring the student's progress through the remainder of his education. The renewal of a student's scholarship each year is contingent upon his attendance and satisfactory performance in the prior year.


The Morning Star Orphanage Sponsorship Fund

The Morning Star Orphanage, located just outside the city of Kathmandu, is a locally organized and run orphanage with 56 impoverished, abandoned orphans. Though these children are fortunate enough to have found a caring home, the orphanage is still mainly funded by Bishnu Parajuli, the founder of the orphanage. By providing for the educational needs of these 56 children, Deep Roots Nepal is helping the Morning Star Orphanage be more sustainable and allowing it to expand to take in more unfortunate children.


Rural Student Scholarship Fund

Though Nepal's physical size is small, it is tremendously diverse both culturally and economically. Leaving the Kathmandu valley, brick houses give way to mud huts, paved roads dwindle to dirt footpaths, gas stoves yield to traditional fire "chulos". The average daily salary is about 60 US cents, but in rural areas it is even lower. School fees of 100 rupees (about $1.50) are a luxury much of the rural population cannot afford. In the spirit of other Deep Roots programs, Deep Roots Nepal seeks poor but talented students in rural areas and supports them financially through the completion of their schooling. Deep Roots can provide one year's worth of school fees, textbooks, and school supplies for a student for as little as $25.


You can find out more about Deep Roots Nepal by visiting them on the web at www.deeproots.org/nepal or by emailing them at nepal@deeproots.org.




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By Dhakal (cache3.mos.com.np - 202.52.255.244) on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 12:33 pm: Edit Post

Good to know.

By Shobha Dhakal (202.52.249.250) on Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 12:50 pm: Edit Post

We are running a children home called, Gentle Heart, (a heart for the needy, orphaned and destitute children of Nepal). Since long time, we are praying for regular sponsors for this home. We are able to help 9 children with care in family environment. We are not funded by any organization. By faith we are running this home. Your concern, support and prayers are highly appreciated.


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