A brighter future: the volunteer helping girls stay in school

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Despite Nepal making significant strides in education, there are many children who are still being left behind, unable to get the schooling they deserve.

However, VSO volunteers, also referred to as "Big Sisters," like Srijana, are helping to ensure children have the best start in life by highlighting the importance of education to parents.

Watch an inspiring video about Srijana's work

Creating inclusive education spaces in Nepal

The SIKAI project ('sikai' meaning 'learning' in Nepali) aims to help 7,200 students to transition to secondary education through increasing parental support for education and improving learning outcomes in schools.

Learn more about the SIKAI project on our international website

Support us with a donation

€10 a month could help a VSO volunteer to coach a teacher in how to make lessons inclusive so that vulnerable children have the opportunity to learn.

€15 a month could enable volunteers to challenge gender inequality and raise awareness of the dangers of child marriage within their community.

National volunteer Arifa with children in the classroom

€25 a month could help provide safe spaces for refugee children to learn, play and reclaim a sense of childhood.

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€25 could supply an education kit containing a school bag, books, pencils, pens and erasers, so children are equipped to learn. 

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€50 could help match a VSO volunteer with a girl who has been forced out of school to help her gain life-changing skills.

€100 could help provide a wheelchair or prosthesis to a disabled girl so that she can access the classroom and be able to get an education.

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