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Back ground of th project:
Rotary Club of Baglung has given priority on community services such as supporting local community for increasing access to Education, Health, Water & Sanitation and Livelihood development of the rural community people over the past years. According to service delivery approach, Rotary Club of Baglung is seeking to support needy school children studying in different schools of Baglung district.
This school was built with public initiations and operational partially by the people from Baglung district. The proposed project is aligned in line of The Constitution of Nepal 2015 (Every citizen shall have the right of access to basic education and ensuring clean and safe drinking water supply). The project is supporting Nepal's Fifteen Five Year Plan (FY2019/20-FY2023/24) aims- education for all.
This also supports the SDG Goal 4 (" Quality education") and similarly, the project has sought to align with the goalof Rotary International (unite for good), district 3292 and Rotary Club of Baglung. Rotary Club of Baglung, a dedicated organization committed to transforming lives through education, is proud to present a project aimed at providing various materials as an educational support to 2500 underprivileged children in at least 10 schools of 10 Rural municipality and Municipality in Baglung.
Our target is to empower these children with the shoes, school bags, stationaries etc, ensuring they have equal opportunities to thrive and build a brighter future through quality education. By contributing, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of these deserving children.
In collaboration with the donors/ School Management Committee of the school, the Shoes on the foot has undertaken a dedicated effort to support the educational needs of 201 deserving children. This joint initiative involved a community outreach program of Rotary Club aimed at identifying school-age children who, unfortunately, face financial challenges for such materials (shoes, bags, pen, notebook etc.) that prevent them from learning at school. Through this compassionate endeavor, we have successfully identified these 201 children who are in urgent need of educational support in Baglung.
Real problems felt by the participants and justification of the project:
The schools of Baglung areas are, on the one hand, facing the problem of lacking of the furniture, books and computers for proper functioning of the library. On the other hand, the students have facing difficulties due to lack of proper dress, shoes, note books, pens etc. which is caused by the poor economic condition of the parents. The School has no source to arrange the materials so that these needy children can learn in conducive environment.
To create favorable condition for the students to learn, we have proposed to distribute the shoes, note books, pens, school bags etc.
Purpose of the project:
The goal of the project is to ensure that each child receives the necessary support to excel academically and experience personal growth. The specific objectives are as follows:
i) To distribute shoes/ socks for better travel from home to school
ii) To distribute note books/pencils/cutters/erasers etc. for quality education
iii) To distribute school bags for safety of books and other learning materials
Timeline of the project:
Six months of the start.
How to project need will meet:
The following steps will be done to get the above mentioned objectives:
Step 1: Need identification
During the project designing phase, we consider the local areas' need of the different schools of Baglung district based on the possible size of fund collection from funding partners and Rotary Club of Baglung. In this step, we have made a short community assessment, analysing sustainable operation of the toilets in long run, discussing cost sharing from local level, thoughts about the measurement indicators/ means of verifications, determining the project implementation strategies, preparing of the sharing model of lesson learning from the project were kept in mind.
Step 2: Short community assessment
We conducted a short community assessment. As an assessment, first we collected the request letter with need assessment from the schools. Second, we assess through telephone conversation with SMC chair and Headmaster of the school. Third, we visited the school and observed whether the proposed need is realistic or not. Fourth, we meet with SMC members and students whether the need is vital problem or not. According to the various tools and processes, we came to conclusion that the proposed project is necessary to the school to support to the students relevant to the learning supplementary materials.
Step 3 : Setting a project goal
Step 4: Sharing and Collaboration
Partnering, information sharing and collaborating with different stakeholders. Firstly, discussion made with the club members. We shared information to the Rotaract members too and SMC, R/M officials etc.
Step 5: Developing project documents
Developing project documents of shoes on the foot of the schools and budget (in work model).
Step 6: Discussion and decision on project plan
Sharing the project documents and plans with club members and School Management Committees.
Step 7: Identification of source of funds
Securing resources by seeking funding partners and collecting amount from Rotarians.
Step 8: Purchase/ collection of materials
Vendor selection, transportation, material collection and monitoring mechanism.
Step 9: Implementation of the plans
Organization of a formal programs to distribute the materials to the selected students in school compound in presence of SMC, teachers, Rotarians and representatives of funding partners.
Step 11: Communication and regular feedbacks
Communication plan and regular seeking feedbacks from Rotary District, Club members and local community.
Step 12: Follow-up and monitoring
Follow up and monitoring from club chair/ service chair/ members, SMC and local government during the implementation and post implementation phase.
Step 13: Completion of the project and reporting
Regular reporting to RI club, district and local governments.
Target people:
Total 2500 girls and boys of the schools are directly targeted population in the period. As a demonstrative effect, larger number of children can benefit by the project. Out of these 2500 students, 60% girls and 40% boys who are all from the families of Dalits, poor and underprivileged.
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