Hello Everyone,

I am fundraising on behalf of my friend in Nepal, Aadit Shrestha, who is currently volunteering as an English, Science, and Mathematics teacher at a remote school in Nepal. He is working with a community that has very limited access to quality education and very few opportunities beyond survival farming and daily wage labor.

Aadit holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology. He is deeply committed to giving back to society by dedicating his time and knowledge to a remote mountainous community—teaching, mentoring, and supporting students who are often overlooked by the broader education system. With your support, he can continue this meaningful work and help change the trajectory of young lives.

Please read his message below:

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“I am currently volunteering at Kshamawati Secondary School in the Dolakha district of Nepal. More than 90% of the students here belong to the Thami community, a minority ethnic group that has faced generations of economic and political marginalization. Many of these children grow up with limited access to opportunity, despite their dreams being no different from those of any other child.

Most families are subsistence farmers who depend entirely on unpredictable monsoon rains. Each season is a struggle for survival. After completing high school, many students are forced to leave their villages and migrate to cities in search of daily wage labor, often with no stable future.

My goal is to break this cycle by providing practical, skills-based education in Science, English, and Mathematics that can open doors to better opportunities and more secure livelihoods.

This village sits at an average altitude of 1,750 meters, where rice cannot grow. Families cultivate small plots carved into steep hillsides, growing maize, millet (kodo), buckwheat (fapar), potatoes, and a few vegetables. Despite their hard work, this is rarely enough to sustain them throughout the year.

What stays with me most is not just their struggle—but their hope. The students are bright, curious, and full of potential, but they simply lack access to the same educational resources that many of us take for granted.

I have already spent one year volunteering at this school, and I now hope to stay for another year—if I can secure the support needed to continue.

My fundraising goal is $3,000 for one year, which will cover the basic living and teaching expenses required to sustain this work.”

— Aadit Shrestha