Panel will feature four key speakers:
- Pushpa Basnet: CNN Hero/Super Hero, Founder of ECDC and passionate advocate for children
- Anil Bajracharya: Expert/Spokesperson from the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training
- Karan Chaudhary: Renowned young entrepreneur and the Executive Director of Chaudhary Group
- Laxmi Tamang: Youth mentor & Artist Gorkhaly Foundation’s volunteer Anu Khanal will moderate the panel and requests your active participation in this important dialogue.
Why are we having this conversation?
In September 2019, Gorkhaly Foundation partnered with The Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) to launch a college scholarship and job placement program for at risk youth in Nepal. The scholarship program aims to support and protect the most vulnerable of youth from the cycle of poverty, unemployment and crime. We believe that everyone should have access to education and training and are committed to raising funds in order to support more students each year. We have three scholars in college at present and are now raising funds for our 2020-2021 batch.Why should you care?
Children whose parent(s) go into incarceration have their lives altered, producing many negative consequences. In Nepal, 30,000 adults are behind bars leaving their children without a parent or both, sometimes cared for by extended families but very often fending for themselves. A significant population of these children are low income without other adults in their lives who are able to provide for them. Currently the government of Nepal does not have programs that are able to support these children/youth. Organizations like the Early Childhood Development Center fill this gap by providing a home for many of these children taking care of their needs.ECDC-GF-revised-flyer The scholarship program provides technical education, vocational training and eventual employment to students who have completed their secondary education. This age group is at a high risk of not being able to continue education given resource needs at home, resource needs for college and the perpetual stress of living in what society labels a “household of crime”. Studies show that these young adults are also at a higher risk of partaking in illegal activities, falling into substance abuse and get trapped into a vicious cycle of poverty, unemployment and crime. ECDC has acquired government permission to launch this program as well received support from the Prison Management Department to support with recruitment.How can you help?
Your support and donation will give someone the gift of education and a real chance at a meaningful employment. Please Donate here:Scholarship Fund