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Fundraising for Blind Care Center, Nepal

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Close your eyes for five minutes. Keeping your eyes closed…imagine you belong to a low income family and have no access to any resources, education, or support to make a living. How do you feel? How long were you able to close your eyes?

By putting ourselves in others' shoes, we become more empathetic to their situation. This is where I found myself when I heard of these blind children in my home country of Nepal.

WHY I AM FUNDRAISING

According to Nepal Blind Association, there are close to 200,000 visually impaired people in Nepal, 40,000 of them being children. However, only children (10%) receive education in special or integrated schools. Education is only a dream for 90% of kids who come from low income families. Projects for less fortunate children with severe disorders are rare where there are other problems like unemployment. Due to lack of resources, cultural stereotype and only minimal governmental support, these children are forced to live in the streets or even a darker way of life.

It was surprising to know that it only takes six months to learn Braille (writing system which enables blind and partially sighted people to read and write through touch). In Nepal, it takes $600 dollars per month to house, feed, educate, and teach job skills to ten children. I know I cannot help all the children at once, but my goal is to help ten children at a time and hopefully make a difference by helping them obtain an education in order to make a living.

WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO:

100% of the donation will go directly to the Blind Care Center in Surkhet, Nepal. The Blind Care Center in Surkhet, Nepal is operated by Mr. Jeewan Kumar Shakya. Mr. Shakya has been running this organization for more than a decade. Due to lack of financial assistance and resources, the Blind Center is going to shut down, along with the dreams and hopes of children that reside there.

HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE:

You can donate directly by clicking the donate button.
You can also share this page with as many people as possible. Please let me know if you have any good fundraising ideas as well. I appreciate your time and compassion for these children. All efforts are beneficial in helping build them a brighter future.


IF YOU ARE IN NEPAL:

You can balance transfer at 9848047287 with name.
or Jeewan Kumar Shakya-Bank Nepal
SBI LTD Surkhet Branch
Account no 20815241400394

or 

Nepal Investment Bank L Saving A. Number 02205050260183
Drishtibihin herbichar kendra Rastriya Banijya Bank Surkhet Curent ac 8078

Thank you for all your help and support!

"KINDNESS IS THE LANGUAGE WHICH THE DEAF CAN HEAR AND THE BLIND CAN SEE." Mark Twain
                                       
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Samjhana Kunwar
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Weatherford, OK

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