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Karuna Girls College

Lumbini Nepal

(Centre for Womens Liberation)

You can change todays worldhelpingunderprivileged women educate

themselves. They will educate their

families and future generations

WHY SUPPORT GIRLS EDUCATIONIN LUMBINI NEPAL?

Girls in Lumbini are often pressured into

forced marriages as young as 10 years old.

They face a life starting with teenage

pregnancy, no education, poverty and

forced labor only to perpetuate this cycle.

Lumbini is less than one hour by car forthe India border and a well known route

for human trafficking.

UNICEF has identified the Lumbini area in

Nepal as one of the most critical zones for

girls discrimination and child marriageproblems. National education statistics

report that only 33% of students in Nepal

are girls, but this figure is even lower in

Lumbini where the average female literacy

rate is one of the lowest in the world at18%.

Girls are often seen as a burden, seen as

someone elses daughter to raise. They will

be married and forced to live with and take

care of the husbands family. Parents haveto pay such large dowries, to get their

daughters married. The family could be

indebted for decades. The younger the girl,

the less the dowry; the less time the family

needs to provide care for the unwantedchild.

In poor traditional families, educating girls

is seen as wasted time. Help us change this

traditional view. The lack of girlseducation contributes to several systemic

problems: lack of basic health; severe

malnutrition; family hygiene; ignored

medical care and high infant / mother

mortality rates.

KARUNAS CURRICULUM

Apart from the English, Math, Science and

other academic subjects; their education

will include basic life skills such as

nutrition, family planning, agriculture,

environmental awareness and computer

skills to help them all with their future

responsibilities.

We also offer vocationaldevelopment training to both the students

and local women including tailoring, typing

and computers that will help them to find

jobs, become financially independent and

contribute economically in the future.

How Can I Help?

1. BUILDING OF A CLASSROOM

You; your family; your community or socialclub may like the opportunity to contribute toan everlasting commendable classroom. Theclassroom would proudly display your name(group name). The cost per a second storeyclassroom would be $10,000. This would

provide ongoing education for approximately30 Nepali Girls per year.

Most of the infrastructure is already in placewith washrooms, electricity, and Wi-Fi.

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2. SPONSOR a TEACHER or aSTUDENT

Teachers Salary: $ 2,400. / Year($200. / Month)

Scholarship with lodging: $ 600. / Year($50. / Month)

Tuition Scholarship: $ 120. / Year($10. / Month)

Note** we can provide you with the name andemail address of your sponsored teacher orstudent to communicate and encourage their

progress.

3. DONATE A GIRLS BIKE $ 100.

Donating a bike for a girl to commute to

school is a wonderful motivating gift. Thestatus of their own bicycle in Nepal can

make a life changing difference to a young

girl. Girls high school dropout rates in

Nepal soar after 8th grade in part due to

marriage, but also due to lack of

educational facilities within a reasonable

distance.

Providing a girl a bike will provide an

opportunity for those girls whose families

would otherwise be reluctant to allow

walking these distances for safety reasons.

A bike is especially helpful for girls of

families who can barely spare the money

for education, let alone transportation.

In other places where this type of program

exists, the bike is the girl-childs proudest

possession and has given her the courage

to dream of even greater things.

HOW ELSE CAN I GET INVOLVED?

1. Learn more. Visit our websites for informationon our projects.

2. Donate. Visit one of our websites where youcan make secure online donations. (Tax receiptsprovided)

3. Volunteer your time to make a difference. Wehave many projects and fundraisers and couldalways use your help. If you are planning a tripto Nepal there are many rewarding opportunitiesfor volunteers.

4. Share this brochure with others.

WEBSITES

Medical Mercy Canada:

Registered Charity BN 86989 0541 RR0001http://www.medicalmercycanada.org

-designate your donation to:Karuna Girls Schools in NEPAL

Peace Grove Nunnery:www.LumbiniNuns.org

Metta School:www.servelumbini.org

CALGARY CONTACT INFORMATION

Medical Mercy Canada (MMC)

Vicki James, MMC Administrator

403-717-0933

Trevor Ironside, Director

Cell: 403-680-7780

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