Nepal – Part 2 – Visiting Sharada Secondary School

After visiting Aapchaur to see Bandhevi School it was time to travel Sankhuwasaba and see our current school project, Sharada Secondary School. We were welcomed with such joy by both students and the staff. It was a very special day where we spent a few hours learning more about the people of Sharada, and them about us. They invited us to visit with the students and talk about ourselves. In Nepal a “secondary school” has children all the way from kindergarten/nursery age up to grade/year 10 so we had lots of different ages of children to visit with. We also found out we were the first foreigners to ever visit the school so we caused quite a lot of excitement as you can imagine! They had prepared a wonderful local lunch of Dhal Bhaat for us, followed by dancing performed by students and an example of a local game.

Here are just a few of the images from this wonderful day…

The ABIN team walking to Sharada

Outside the older classrooms

Sharada and ABIN with national flags and ABIN flag

Sharada and ABIN with national flags and ABIN flag

Sharada children and ABIN team

Sharada and ABIN team with Seahawks flag

Sharada and ABIN with Langford Flag

Sharada School

Morning assembly at Sharada School

In front of the new school building at Sharada

Meeting with the school faculty

Visiting with the Sharada nursery class

Girls carrying their books on the way to school

Construction progress at Sharada School

Rob receiving a fabulous welcome

Little kids watching the ABIN team

Getting to Sharada, first stage rickshaw!

Sharada and ABIN with national flags and ABIN flag

Little boy resting after the long walk to morning school

Conrad in the nursery class at Sharada

Kyle in Grade 9 class at Sharada School

Families watching our progress getting to Sharada

Liz visiting with the Sharada nursery class

The welcoming committee

Some children journey over and hour each way to get to school in the morning

Sharada School kids

Nursery class at Sharada

Pat and Kyle giving out Canada tattoos to Grade 9

Morning workout during assembly

Conrad and the ladies of Sharada

Children making their way to school

Local woman carrying bundles in traditional fashion on the route to Sharada School

Meeting with the school faculty