Global Volunteers: Teach Impoverished & Under-educated Basic Language, Math & Science Skills
Global Volunteers Teach Women basic language, math, science and commerce skills in Nepal
Although the caste system is officially banned in Nepal, its legacy and lingering prejudices have greatly damaged women of lower status over decades. The cumulative effects are daunting. Facing institutionalized inequalities that are nearly possible to overcome, women of oppressed ethnic groups often have lived outside village boundaries, and are prevented from walking through the neighborhoods of higher caste members to go to school – or to even draw water. Slowly, non-government programs are helping to change the future for marginalized women of all ages – and Global Volunteers is proud to support them in Kathmandu and neighboring Bhaktapur.
Under the direction of our community partner, Astha Mahila Vidhyalaya Women’s School, a private, non-profit institution established in 2007 short-term volunteers teach basic language, math, science and commerce skills to impoverished and under-educated women aged 14-62. Women can from distances as far as an hour walk away. Some of them are resuming an education they began as children, while most others are working their way through grades 1-8 toward graduation and, along the way, higher self-esteem and social recognition.
Learn more about Global Volunteers' service program in Nepal: globalvolunteers.org/nepal/
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