School Distributions: LSS, SS, HSS

Today we started to do our first of many school distributions. We went to three schools today! What a schedule! Feeling super fulfilled!

Ganesh Secondary School: (kindergarten/pre-school - 10th grade)

Bal Sewa Lower Secondary School: (kindergarten/pre-school - 5th grade)

Adarsha Higher Secondary School: (kindergarten/pre-school - 12th grade)

We distributed two sets of uniforms (shirts, pants, skirts, socks, shoes, ties), textbooks, notebooks, and school supplies.

All the children were all lined up by class, already waiting for us!

This little cutie pie loved kissing my cheeks! She is so cute! 

This was my little dance partner! She has got the moves!

The children performed their traditional folk music with the Madal! The Madal is the most popular hand drum in Nepal. It is played horizontally! The sound was really great, it really made you feel like you were dancing high up in the mountains on a sunny day! Love it!

Guess what they served us as refreshments at the after distribution thank you gathering? MOUNTAIN DEW???!!!??? Literally laughed out loud!!!!

~ Adarsha Higher Secondary School ~

One of the most special thing about this school is the fact that it is the only school that caters to the visually impaired children in this area. On top of all of that, they provide them with free room and board, plus their guidance teacher, herself, is also visually impaired. What better way to motivate the children, right!!!??!! One thing that I thought was super great was the fact that they also integrate the visually impaired students directly into their regular classrooms. This way the children can get a normal class schedule and not feel left out of the mass. This is definitely a leading special education school here in Nepal. When we went to visit the visually impaired students, all 8 of them, they were in the process of reading the braille books. This little boy did such a great job! He read out loud with full confidence and a giant smile on his face. It was very lovely to see that these children were being fully accepted into society and loved and appreciated for who they are. 

One of the buildings, 60 years old already, received many cracks in the walls and ceilings from the earthquake. The government has came by to put a red sticker on the building, which means it is too dangerous for any kind of usage. Since this school is a public school, the Nepalese Army was assigned to come help build two temporary classrooms in the open court yard with bamboos. It was such a sight to see, because right when we entered into the school there were tons of really long and thick bamboos all laying on the ground. Also, a team of Nepalese Army Soldiers cutting bamboo with a giant machete. It is good to see that the army is doing somethings for the schools here. 

I was the host for today's distribution and it was a huge success! All the children were so lovely and they even performed two dances for us! We all danced with them and it was a blast! Hope that the textbooks can help you guys in learning more English and that the uniforms can help you all feel like you are a part of the schoolmates again! 

JAI JAI NEPAL!