190 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MOREJuly 7, 2015 | None | Rabi Karmacharya
Report from Schools in Western Gorkha
I got the opportunity to travel to earthquake affected areas in Gorkha during the last week of June alongside a team from Gorkha Foundation. They had gone there to start building a high school in Nepane, Kearbari VDC of the district. My intention was to gather first hand information of the damages caused by the two major earthquakes on April 25 and May 12, and to find out how communities had been coping with the destructions caused by the disaster. I was particularly keen on learning how schools were managing in temporary learning shelters, and what kind of help they needed both in the short and long terms.
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READ MOREJune 30, 2015 | None | OLE Nepal
Visit to Gorkha
Another crucial task was completed with the assessment of one of the most affected areas, Gorkha district. Our team visited last week and conducted a thorough evaluation of the schools severely damaged by the earthquake. After spending nearly a week in different parts of Gorkha, we found many schools unable to conduct regular classes. Many require immediate rebuilding and reconstruction.
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READ MOREJune 23, 2015 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
Portraits in relief center
Our volunteers from OLE Nepal have been working with children in Tundikhel relief camp for over a month. They bring interactive learning materials in child friendly XO laptops for the children. The children can explore various learning activities in Math, English and Science in Nepali, English and Chepang languages. The children look forward to using these laptops and they seem engaged in those learning activities. It was enlivening to meet children from various backgrounds , interests and aspirations. While we got to interact with them helping them learn, we also took their interviews along with their portraits.
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READ MOREJune 1, 2015 | None | OLE Nepal
Finding calmness in the center of devastation
Tundikhel, an only vast open space in between the city, is now filled with families who lost their homes in the recent earthquake. As we drive, walk, or ride past through the lanes alongside Tundikhel, we can see numerous tents—some donated by China and some made locally by the sufferers. When the OLE Nepal team visited the 'refugee camp-like place,' it was heart-wrenching to see people in need of necessities required for survival. Many organizations from various backgrounds provided immediate relief efforts, such as food, water, shelter, sanitation, etc.
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READ MOREMay 29, 2015 | None | OLE Nepal
Continuing our fruitful effort @ Kirtipur
OLE Nepal's Earthquake Relief Effort has been producing positive results in both Child Friendly Spaces of Kirtipur and Khokana/Bungamati. Our volunteers have been traveling every day to provide relief for children by engaging them in interactive activities using our education tools. Below are some photos taken during one of the sessions at Kirtipur: