Warm winter school uniforms for more than 850 students in Nepal
April 25, 2023
Many schools in Nepal, especially in the rural areas, lack heating and electricity. We have provided more than 850 new warm school uniforms to keep the young students warm during winter.
Supporting health and education
Many schools in Nepal, especially in the rural areas, lack heating and electricity. Oftentimes, the winter school uniform is the only way to stay warm during the freezing winters, where the temperatures can drop even close to zero degrees Celcius. Unfortunately, many families cannot afford the warm winter uniforms.
Without proper clothing, the young students are more susceptible to catching a cold during the winter months and therefore more likely to have more absence days from school due to sickness. By providing warm school uniforms to students, we support the health of the students as well as their education.
125 uniforms were distributed to Shree Tarebhir Basic School, 371 to Shree Suntakhan Secondary School, 225 to Shree Devi Balsudhar Secondary School and 150 to Shree Gram Sudhar Secondary School.
It was already the 3rd year in a row that Long Yang e.V and Akasha Academy NGO supported schools in Gokarneshwor with new winter uniforms.
Community theater
Positive development
The Akasha Traineeship started in December 2021 to educate young women about general health, social and environmental challenges in Nepal and to provide a safe space and orientation for them to discover their skills and possibilities for future. We offered practical knowledge, skills and solutions to prepare the participants for their future educational and career paths, and empowered them to become change-makers in their communities.
It has been an inspiring journey to see how much the women have developed during the traineeship. We see a lot of potential to tackle social and environmental challenges and to create a positive impact through education.
The audience, including representatives of the local government, the school principal, teachers and students, reacted very positively to this creative way of addressing relevant issues at school.
Ceremony
After the impactful theater play, the guests of the ceremony gave speeches, and the students received their new winter uniforms. The ceremony ended with the school personnel expressing their gratitude by handing over a certificate and token of love to representatives of Long Yang e.V and Akasha Academy.
We are happy that throughout another winter more than 850 students were able to go to school without being cold.
If you would like to support next winter’s school uniform distribution, you can already contribute.
