2.Women’s Marginalitation.
Makaising is 10 km up the hills from the main road in Nepal that connects the two most important tourist sites: Pokhara and Kathmandu.
Despite its location close to a critical communication road, this community of 106 households, of which 98 are Chepang, lives with its back to development tourist, with customs and beliefs that oppress the weakest in an archaic rural environment, lacking fundamental human rights.
Discrimination and violent culture against women in Nepal, especially in these rural areas, manifests itself very young. The situation worsens due to their illiteracy, minimal access to education, discrimination at work, and lack of support and aid systems.
Chepang women and girls of Makaising are exclusively engaged in domestic chores with no opinion on family matters. They depended on men, fathers and husbands, suffering all kinds of abuse. Still, the truth is that they prefer to stay in this relationship because they fear being homeless and in poverty.
School enrollment ratio of school going children is still very low and dropout rates are also very high.
After the earthquake. A Temporary School
Post- quake report in education sector:
According to the Ministry of Education Assessment Report, 2015, about 89% of schools in 23 of the earthquake affected districts were damaged or completely destroyed. The impact was way higher in the community schools than in the private sector. In Gorkha district alone it is reported that 90% of the schools have collapsed or had severe damage.
As a result of the earthquake, the little infrastructure the Shree Prajasbasti School was brought to the ground. The school has managed to salvage the school benches but everything else has been lost. The community did understand that education for their children was important and have cleared out the school premises and have built a temporary shelter with metal sheets for classes one to four while the little children in ECD studied under a tent.
School enrollment ratio of school going children is still very low and dropout rates are also very high.
Plan For A Permanent School And The Additional Work
Providing And Supporting School Infrastructures Devastated By 25th April Nepal Earthquake
Karunamaya Foundation Nepal has contacted the School Management Committee of Shree Prajawasti Primary School and accorded to help the latter with the construction of a permanent school to replace the temporary one. The plans have been demanded to the Department of Engineering of Kathmandu University.
At Gorkha we aim for “A Beautiful Dream”- Along with the reconstruction of Shree Prajabasti Primary School we look towards developing it as a model school where children from other communities will also enroll. The other purpose is to encompass the development of this Chepang community.
The construction of the Shree Prasjabati School at Makaising- 3, Bardada Gorkha, started on January 6th 2016. The construction phase was completed with 4 classrooms for classes 1 to 4, student toilets, staff toilets, 1 building with office, library and lab, water tanks and a playground. Though there were different challenges and obstacles on the way during the construction period. Children attended to school without being finished.
The School also required some additional works besides the construction of the building. Additional works such as construction of fence, front door, urinal and shower, retaining wall, , and though we have had some land slides we made gavion walls with three files that has encreased enormously our budget.
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