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Navaraj
Basnet who hails from Thangpalkot VDC studies in Class Nine in Shree Raithane
Secondary School. He is an exceptionally talented kid. Last year he topped his
class by scoring the highest marks in all the subjects in all the exams. His
academic performance in class has been consistent and he has been topping his
class consecutively for 3-4 years now. All of his teachers in school say that
he is a very bright kid who picks up the lessons that he learns in class very

quickly and raises interesting questions. His friends further say that not only
is he a smart kid but that he is also very friendly and helpful. Apart from

being very active in his class, Navaraj eagerly participates in
extra-curricular activities as well. He performed extremely well in the quiz
competition that had been recently organized in his school and was awarded with
the title of ‘Best Performer’. Earlier when COMMITTED had organized the Star
Reader Program, he had been awarded with the title of ‘Star Reader’ for having read
the most number of books from the library as well.

Navaraj

comes from a family with a weak financial background. His father is a farmer by
profession who struggles really hard to sustain their family which comprises of
Navaraj, his mother and his elder sister. His father also does odd part time
jobs like carrying load and people’s luggage in order to be able to fulfill his
family’s financial expenses. During the earthquake, their house similar to the
majority of houses in Thangpalkot VDC, Sindupalchok was severely damaged.
Navaraj and his family now live in the temporary house that they have built. COMMITTED
has been supporting Navaraj by providing him with a academic scholarship since the
last three years. Through the scholarship, Navaraj’s school tuition fees are
entirely covered for the whole academic year.

Shree Taltuleshwory Primary School was established
in 2052 B.S in Thangpalkot VDC, Ilaka 12, Ward no. 3 of Sindupalchok district. We
have been supporting this school through our School Improvement Plan since 2011
A.D. The powerful earthquake that hit Nepal on the 25th of April and
the recurrent aftershocks severely damaged the school.  Since it was a Saturday, thankfully there were
no children and teachers in the school. Due
to the earthquake, classes were disrupted for over a month.
For the 176 students of

Shree Taltuleshwory School, life was never the same again after the earthquake.
Most of them lost their homes due to the devastation and are now living in
temporary houses made up of wooden frames and CGI sheets. In Thangpalkot Village Development
Committee (VDC) the death count was 45 which included 11 students and 2
teachers. Some of these students were from Taltuleshwory
School.

Since the school structures including
the class-rooms and other critical facilities were destroyed, the children and
the teachers were hesitant to return to classrooms. Hence creating a conducive
environment for the children to return to the classrooms
was very critical. Temporary Learning
Centres (TLCs) were constructed for the schools where classes are being run since 31st
May, 2015.  The construction
of a new and permanent structure for the school is now underway and is going to
be complete by March.   We are hoping that
this effort will rekindle the spirits of the little children and give them a
sense of security. It has been really long since these students have been
attending classes in the TLCs and a newly constructed earthquake proof school
structure would mean a lot to them. With the generation of additional funds we
are also going to add a dining room and a playground for the children.