All posts in: "Education"

  1. The Challenges of Education in Nepal

    In 1951, 9,000 students were registered in primary schools across Nepal and only 1,700 students were engaged in secondary level education. At that time, Nepal counted only two colleges. There was no university. The impact of this was that only 5% of the adult population was educated in a modern…

  2. Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen and C.H.A.N.C.E. for Nepal (UK) Join Involvement in the Education of a Community

    If you are planning for one year – sow rice For ten year – plant trees For hundred years – educate people [Chinese proverb]   Since the developing stages of Shenpen in 2004, SHENPEN Education had as a mission to provide educational opportunities to the poor and needy children of…

  3. Thankful Student Makes Shenpen Proud

    Shenpen’s sponsored student program was designed in 2005 to target the brightest and most needy students. Over the years, the good results obtained by our sponsored students have been proof enough for us that they are diligent workers and deserving of their sponsorship. We are aware of the importance of…

  4. Dreaming Big

    We would like you to meet Sam Chodar Sherpa, a young boy born into a deprived family from the Solukhumbu region in Eastern Nepal. Sam came to Kathmandu with his father when he was just three years old and lived with his aunt while his uneducated father took a job…

  5. School Supplies distribution among Poor and Orphan Children at Sindhupalchowk.

    To motivate children to attend school and take continued interest in their schooling, aid in the form of school uniform, notebooks, stationary, bags is offered on Friday, May 2nd, 2014. Program Coordinator of Shenpen along with Uff, Bitten from Denmark and Rajkumar from SUK Nepal went to two schools located…

  6. Providing School Uniforms, Bags, Pens, and Copy Books to Village Children

    On 26th April 2013, Anamika Aryal, Shenpen Project Coordinator, and Martha Ambrose, Shenepn Program Director, made an all day trip to a small government school in the village of Sipapokhare, Sindhupalchowk VDC, Nepal. We were joined by the team from Sindhu Utthan Kendra (SUK) Nepal. This small and new NGO,…