ラリグランス通信(つうしん)　63号

           First of all, my success is due to the support of Laligurans Club. It wouldn’t be possible if this club hadn’t provided me financial support and required material like cassette players. Thank you very much for that. I feel that, if people like us get support and inspiration, we are able to excel normal people. I am very happy to share my success with you. here is my life in a day.

I wake up at 4:30 in the morning. I perform my daily routine and get ready for college. I head towards the college at 5:30 a.m. my college is quite far. It takes me around 50 minutes to reach there on foot. I reach the college at 6:00 a.m. I start my studies at 6:20 and go to hostel at 10:20. I am at hostel by 11:30 a.m. I rest for a while and have my lunch. I get refreshed for some time. At 1 p.m. as our hostel’s rule, it is time for tea. I do my college works, take notes and self study till 5 p.m. Then I entertain myself by listening to the radio, watching television and chatting with friends. At 7 p.m. we have our dinner. After some break, I study from 8-9:30. after completing all my tasks, I go to sleep at 10 p.m. this is how my day ends.

WEP of Tamang Mura is now closed because the teacher, Man Kumari Tamang is married.  

The teacher of Dadikot WEP, had to attend her OJT (Observation Job Training) Volunteering Program even during night times due to which the WEP was closed for a month. It has started again.
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Starting  one more Education programme　　　　　　<reported by Moti Ghimire>

The women from the village of Krishna Maya Mijar (Ruth) have shown interest in studying if given the opportunity. Women from lower caste (dalit) did not get a chance to study in the past and want to do so now. 13 women and 3 men are ready to study now. Since the WEP in Tamang village is closed, I think it is a very good idea to start a new WEP program in Nala village. There is a teacher from the same lower caste community. He\She is studying in grade 12.                           Tukucha village of Bhaktapur is 30 km away from our home(Kathmandu). Around 30 families are lower caste in that village. There is a great discrimination between people of different castes. Higher caste people (Brahmin) do not go to lower caste’s house and eat anything. They consider it impure. The lower caste people are not allowed to fetch water from the well(tap) where higher castes do. I had gone to that village. All the people above 25 years are illiterate. Only 3 girls have passed SLC till now. Lower caste people are not able to study due to their poverty. I came to know that they are very much interested in basic education. And I have decided to start an educational program there.　　 The people of age 17-50 have shown interest in studying. 3 men also wished to study and they are going to attend the program as well. The Old Educational Program will start from 15^th January. Even the young ones who did not get a chance to study previously will attend the program. The teachers are 1 girl and a boy studying in grade 12 from the same village.