{"id":1406,"date":"2016-08-18T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-05-03T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:56:21","slug":"progress-despite-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/progress-despite-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress Despite Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
GoPhil funded Science Lab and Library near completion in Bhaktapur, Nepal<\/b><\/p>\n
<\/b>This Spring, several GoPhil donors pledged to expand the educational facilities at TOIT \u2014a distinctly unique school located in the impoverished outskirts of Bhaktapur, Nepal. \u00a0 As with most of our partner programs, the inspiration behind this special program began with a single passionate person, refusing to accept the status quo.\u00a0 Just after finishing his studies at the young age of 22, Indra Prasad Khaitu, started providing free lessons with a group of friends to twenty children from poor families who couldn’t afford the cost for school.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s the philosophy and ethos that make this education program remarkable…<\/p>\n
Today Indra, his wife Sanchita and a devoted teaching staff offer education to over 130 students, sponsoring yet another 100 more in surrounding private schools.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the philosophy and ethos that make this education program remarkable. Unlike government schools, TOIT\u2019s teaching model incorporates activities such as chess, organic gardening, computer technology and recycling.\u00a0 TOIT staff believe these elements foster exactly what Nepal need more of\u2014 critical thinkers, creative minds and dynamic young citizens.<\/p>\n
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