Shree Amar High School Rotary International Matching Grant Project Chimkhola Village, Nepal

Project Partners Host Club:Pokhara Annapurna International Club:Duncan Daybreak Project Financing: –Rotary Club of Pokhara Annapurna –Rotary Club of Duncan –Rotary Club of Duncan Day Break –District 5020

Goal of Matching Grant # The project aims to significantly enhance the learning and health conditions of this impoverished government high school for 400 (+) students up to grade 10.

Chimkola School Students 2009

Getting Located u Chimkola Village u Myagdi District (1 of 75) u Dhawalagiri Zone (1 of 14) u Pashchimanchal Region (1 of 5) u Nepal u 13 hours ahead of Duncan

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Myagdi District 1 of 75

Overview Pokhara to Chimkola

Chimkola Village, Nepal

Nepal Facts u World’s Youngest Republic: May 28, Previous Monarchy since Kingdom declared Dec 21, 1768 u 1 st President: Ram Baran Yadav u 1 of 44 land locked countries u 29 million population u 56,827 square miles (about 4 times Vancouver Island) u Contains 8 of 10 highest peaks in the world (including Mount Everest) u GDP $1,183 per capita u Language: 49% Nepali (91 other mother tongue languages) u Currency: Rupee US$1 = 77

Chimkola Facts u Population 1,456 (1991 Census) u Area 8,925 Hectares u Name: The forest was so dense that even in daylight the area was "Chim" (Dark) and as there was "Khola" river so people who came here started calling it Chimkhola.

Project Partner Contacts u Susan Marshall, Nepal Education Fund –Non Rotarian, project Catalyst –Presented to Duncan Club Jul 7, 2008 u Host Club, Pokhara Annapurna: –Mr. Rosh Bahadur Gurung, Primary contact (Dir. Vocational Service) –Mr. Bikash Kumar Shrestha (Dir. Community Service) –Mr. Tejnath Neupane (Dir. International Service) u International Club, Duncan Day Break: –Ms. Alana Elliott, Primary contract (Club President Elect, International Committee Member) –Dr. Keith Grey (International Committee Member) –Mr. Joseph (Joe) Simpson (Club President, International Committee)

Susan Marshall, Nepal Education Fund u Duncan BC, Canada u Website: u Blog:

Nepal Education Fund (Susan Marshall) The Nepal Education & Shelter Fund is a small privately run charity started in 2004

Nepal Education Fund Providing Underprivileged Nepali Children with an Education and Hope for the Future

Nepal Education Fund These children are from very poor families who cannot afford the yearly school fee nor the cost of school uniforms and the requisite school supplies.

Nepal Education Fund The Nepal Education Fund currently has over 140 children sponsored to go to school from caring families in Canada, England, US, Australia, and New Zealand.

Rotary Club of Pokhara Annapurna

u Club Chartered Feb 1, 2006 u Sponsor Club: Rotary Club of Pokhara u 33 Charter Members u Current membership 23 Men, 5 women u Current President: Maddav Prasad Sigdel u Club Meets Wednesdays 5:30 pm u

Annapurna – view from Pokhara Lake

Trek Pokhara to Chimkola

Susan and Rotary Club Trek to Chimkhola

Road to Chimkola

Pokhara Rotary Club in Chimkola

Chimkhola Family

Chimkola School Trustees

Chimkola School Building

Chimkola school building

Visit to Chimkola Early this Year

Matching Grant # Description u Supply uniforms, textbooks, writing tools, school library, desks and other classroom equipment. u Equip a school science lab u Provide basic medical clinic - benefit a much wider community of 4 rural villages served by this school u Supply teaching aids and other materials for school staff u furnish a school office u Supply basic sports equipment for students. u Construct 5 new detached latrines in the school grounds, currently only 2 such latrines serving over 400 students. u It will also provide hookups (presently not in place) to the local village water supply for all school latrines.

Sustainability of Project u The project will serve to upgrade school infrastructure – one time expenditure. u Existing school staff will maintain the school equipment. u The school will provide the funding to staff and run the first aid/medical clinic.

Host Club Project Involvement –Manage all project expenditures & keep clear/accurate accounting –Visit the project on an as-needed basis –Regularly share project information updates with international partner (Duncan Daybreak) –Purchase & arrange onsite transportation of all items needed for project implementation –Arrange training for school medical clinic’s new health instructor –Maintain a committee of (min.) three Rotary club members to oversee project –Publicize project to local (Nepal) media and to Rotary District 3292

International Club Participation –Maintain a committee of (min.) three Rotary club members to liaise with host club managing/overseeing project –Send club members to visit project in Nepal during and/or soon after implementation –Publicize project to local (B.C./Canada) media and to District 5020 –Share individual club members’ expertise with host club partner where possible/appropriateMaintain regular/meaningful / other contact with host club during project

Project Budget Cash (US$)DDF (US$) POKHARA ANNAPURNA ROTARY CLUB 100 DUNCAN DAYBREAK4,300 DUNCAN ROTARY CLUB9,000 DISTRICT ,300 Subtotals, Cash and DDF 13,40013,300 TOTAL cosponsor contributions 26,700

Nepali Childern