Thursday, March 07, 2013

Re Can you help these children to complete their Education please?


(1) Winifred Subba is 10yrs old and in Class 6.
 She comes from a village in Central Nepal, the name of the school she goes to is Dayanada Anglo Vedic (DVC). She has a younger brother and her father died when she was 3 and her brother 1. Her mother is illiterate and works as a cleaner in a school.The Cluny Sisters are supporting her and her brother but they have so many children in the same situation that they are finding it very difficult to manage and really need some financial help if children who can not pay anything towards their education are going to continue being educated to at least grade 10 when they sit their Board Examinations which are equivalent to our O-levels.
Cost per month for all expenses 4,500 NPR per month and
actual tuition fees work out at 3000 NPR per month
£1 = 131.965 NPR (Nepalese Rupee)
(2) Elizabeth Katte is in Class 9 and is 15, she has 3 younger sisters, 2 of whom are also being educated; she attends DVC School also. Elizabeth comes from a village in East Nepal, where her father has a small local shop selling everday clothing items, his wife does not have paid work, their youngest child is still a baby. Elizabeths parents are struggling to educate her and her 2 sisters. They would be very grateful for some help.
Cost per month for all expenses is 4825 NPR. Actual Tuition fees work out at 3100 NPR per month.
£1 = 131.965 NPR (Nepalese Rupee)
(3) Nelson Lepcha is in Class6, his birthday is 21-05-2003, there are 6 children in his family with 3 of them at school at present.
He is a good student and is regularly in the top section of his class.
 Nelson has 4 more years to study in St. Stephen's School, Lolaygaon, a village in the Kalimpong Hill Region of West Bengal, India.
The people of the Darjeeling/Kalimpong Hill Region are poor financially as the infrastucture of the land is very inadequate and there is  minimal paid employment. Much of the land is owned by the State or by the Tea Growers and wages from both groups are minimal.The pesants survive mainly by subsistence farming, which is time consuming and hard manual labour as there is no mechanical equiptment and the land is mountainous, so terraced farming is the rule.Nelson's parents would be very grateful for help to enable Nelson to continue in Education at least until Grade 10, which is equivalent to the stage at which our children sit O-Levels

Fees for St. Stephens:  Rs.8,500books Rs.2,500,     Hostel Rs24,000 The Indian Rupee varies between Rs.79 & 85 to the £1.

(4)  Upasna Tamang  Comes from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal,she has a younger brother and a step father and her mother and grandmother both suffer from chronic health problems requiring constant medication,
all Health treatment has to be paid for in India.
Upasna's step father can not afford to continue to let Uspana continue her education, because of the large medical bills he has to pay.  Upsana has 1 more year to complete at St. Joseph's School when she can sit her Board Examinations and if possible then continue on to Grades 11 & 12 in another school to sit her exams which are equivalent to our 6th year examinations.
Upsana really would like to be able to continue in education if possible, she is a good student and works hard.
Fees for St. Joseph's School in the village of Gitdubling are:
Sch. fees Rs.5,000, books Rs. 2,500 and Hostel Rs.18,000
The Indian Rupee is Rs79 to 85 to the £1.

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