Pupils

Is education taken for granted?

These children are very grateful that they have received the possibility to attend school. They know very well what this means and do not at all take it for granted. They know many other children who cannot go to school, see parents who can neither read nor write, and notice the many difficulties that arise in daily life as a result.
Therefore, the children come to school motivated and hungry for knowledge. In the evenings they stay as long as possible at the school, also because of their very difficult home situations.

The children sometimes live with their parents, sometimes with their grandparents or other relatives in a modest tin hut or in a rented room. Many live only with their mothers, for the fathers often second families with whom they live. The children have been confronted since their earliest childhood with poverty, illness and alcoholism. Some children have parents who live in a village far outside of Kathmandu. They have sent their children in the city and hope that they will receive a good education there.

Thanks to the Sunshine school they have received this chance. It makes us very happy to be able to send the Sunshine School children into the world with a solid and well-founded school education.

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