EARTHQUAKE SCHOLARSHIP
OUR PLANNING FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIM STUDENTS
Statement of Project Problem
On April 25, 2015 at 11:56 local time, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, with the epicenter in Lamjung District (north-west) of Kathmandu and south of the China border. Then, on May 12, another 7.3 magnitude earthquake wreaked further havoc just 76 km northeast of Kathmandu. It was a great disaster in Nepal. Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan and the other districts; Kavre, Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, Dhading, Raswa, Dolakha and Nuwakot got sever affects of the quake. Several people have become homeless, many children lost their parents and many parents lost their children, many people have been distraught due to the quake. Many infrastructures of historical and cultural value and private houses have been ruined so the nation and the people have to bear a great loss of their properties and their beloved ones. After 1 months of earthquake ,District Child Rights Office of Sindhupalchok stated that, “7057 children of the district, traumatized. The children include 18 who lost both of their parents, 46 who lost their fathers, 84 who lost mothers and others who either lost their siblings or relatives or witnessed death and destruction”. The number of orphans have been raised, it is assum that more than five hundred children have lost their parents and relatives at Sindhupalchok district.
Project Planing & Implementation
The activities of HOMES-Nepal cover a broad remit including work to support; education, environmental conservation, health, sanitation, and skill development. Our work is targeted at the poorest communities and in certain cases specifically supports; women, children, orphans, lower castes, the homeless and other marginalized and disempowered peoples within Nepal. Our organization would like to perform the favorable supportive program for students who became orphans and lost their parent in Earthquake. In one word we are interested to provide positive help for those who need support for rehabilitate their life properly in context of education. The organization will conduct their program with Coordination of schools. In the first phase HOMES-Nepal only covered 20 orphans students among of total number or orhans students of Sindhupalchok district. The number of students will be increased if we get more funds.