About Makising Village

 Makaising is 3 hours from katmandhu up the hill. 

About The Chepang Comunity

Chepangs are one of the most backward indigenous ethnic communities of Nepal inhabiting the remote and sparse contours. Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has categorized Chepangs as the second most backward/marginalized community from the bottom list from among the 59 marginalized Indigenous Communities listed by it and data states that almost 90 percent of them are leading life under utter poverty.

The Chepangs have their own district language belonging to one of the Tibeto-Burman strains but have no written script. They are mostly hunters and gatherers and their subsistence economy is based on forest resources. Despite significant improvement in education levels in many of the other indigenous ethnic groups of Nepal, it is estimated that only 23 percent of the Chepangs are literate, while literacy rate among Chepang women is only 1 percent (Educate Chepang Initiative). School enrollment ratio of school going children is still very low and dropout rates are also very high.

About Shree Prawati Primary School.

The school was already operating with basic infrastructure and less than adequate financial resources from the Nepal Government.

The primary school includes an Early Child Development (ECD) center and class one to four where 114 children are enrolled. The children come from very poor families of ward 3 and a few students from ward 2 and ward 1, some of which need to walk two hours back and forth every day.

Shree Prajawasti Primary School is located in ward number three of Bardada. The school is currently being managed by the School Management Committee with Lal Bahadur Chepang as the President and Mrs. Ganga Ghimire as the Principal.

Temporary School

As a result of the earthquake, the little infrastructure the school stood on was brought to the ground. The school has managed to salvage the school benches but everything else has been lost.

 The community does understand that education for their children is important and with the support of the Chepang community members.
They have cleared out the school premises and have built a temporary shelter with metal sheets for class one to four while the little children in ECD continue to study under a tent.

School Staff

Half a dozen of trucks and tractors were arranged for providing food, medicines, hygienic products, petrol, gas for cooking and materials for shelters (mostly corrugated sheets for building walls and roofs) before the dirt road was finally closed by mid July.

Students Record 

Before the monsoon arrived there was an urgent need for adequate food supplies, basic medical supplies and a better shelter to survive during the rainy season as even access by foot is difficult due to the rain and landslides.

 Provide necessary warm clothing and blankets that can keep them warm until winter, basic footwear, etc.

Plan For A Permanent School