Education Projects
One of our perennial projects, the Scholarship Project targets bringing about impact through educating the next generation. The fund covers all education expenses for children of underprivileged farmers in Panchthar, Nepal.
With this project, Nepal Tea Foundation will focus on the core impediment to any nation’s growth – illiteracy. Nepal has an estimate population of 30 million and only about 39%of the total population is literate. There is also a wide variation among the literacy rates of the male and that of the females. According to the Central bureau of Statistics (CBS) Nepal, the literacy rate of the females is only about 25% while it is about 54% for the male population.
As of May 2020, we have awarded 2400 scholarship for children of underprivileged tea farmers in Panchthar, Nepal through our legacy organizations. We have 93 students who are currently part of our 2019 cohort. The Nepal Tea Foundation scholarships cover all tuition, books and any academic expenses for Primary (Grade 1-5), Lower Secondary (6-8) and Higher Secondary (9- 10) education.
We built a school!
In 2018, Nepal Tea Foundation in collaboration with a couple of generous donors - Annabel Kalmar and Tracy Mahr – managed to fund raise over $10,000 to construct a school. The fund and the subsequent school will provide education to 30 primary school children from 12 families (soon to be 20 families) in Nanglapha, Panchthar District, Nepal. The homes of these families are located at a 2,000 m altitude; the children walk 1-2 hours every day to commute to their current school. .The new school will consist of three rooms and a kitchen made from bamboo and covered on top with a polycarbonate roof. You can reach out to us for more information. A link to our fundraiser is here - Keep Kids Close and Safe
Ways you can help….
Sponsor a Child
We partnered up with Collaborative School Network (CSN) to sponsor students of Lalit Kalyan Kendra, a public school in Lalitpur, Nepal. By committing $11 a month, you will play the main “investor” role in one of our community children's future. You will be matched to one of our children and you will be able to track the progress of your matched child. You will receive yearly reviews and detailed reports of how every penny has been spent. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to participate in numerous year-around events we organize.
Education Fund
You can also help the children by supporting our scholarship fund. This fund is planned to be dynamic to work around the needs of any children that have not been sponsored through our partner projects.