It all started from a casaual talk between the club Secretary Itr. Amir and President Itr. Amulya to gift the society something useful. The casaul talk quickly turned into a serious discussion and led to planning of a mega project, in fact, the hugest in Interact Club of Rato Bangala's history. The duo held talks with other Interactors and got their support. Boosted by the support, they selected Patandevi School in Kumaltar, Gorkha for the project.
" I think that the project was too ambitious for high school students for which their appeal for support was ignored by corporate houses" quotes the Secretary. Actually, it was - setting up a library and a computer lab in a rural area of Nepal was not that easy for a student-run club. The club had some funds but not enough for the completion of the entire project. The Deusi-Bhailo fundraiser was an effort to aid this particular project. Still we lacked resources and no one was ready to help.
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After rounds of talks, the required fund was managed from within the club members who were interested in the project. The project left the ground then. Two groups of 40 Interactors each were to go to Kumaltar for few days to complete the project led by the President and the Secretary jointly. The Interactors had loads of fun alongside volunteering. We got support from few staffs of the school in the later stages of the project. But the Interactors, without any help, independently completed the project.
ICRB donated nine computers, a printer and thousands of books along with the furnitures required for them. The total investment into the project was approximately a whooping NRs. 4000000 (US $ 5000). Our work was welcomed by the local community and praised the efforts of the Interactors. This project is aimed at improving the resources available in the underprivileged school and give opportunities to the students to cope up with the developing society. Access to IT and the library would help them to enhance their knowledge and prepare themselves for the fast moving world. During the handover ceremony (farewell) the president shouted "Change has to start from us. We should not be totally dependent on the authorities for everything." Everyone present in the program applauded. The Vice-President, Komal Kunwar, added " we hope this inspires people to be independent and help the society to their capacity." We just hope our work would enlighten individuals and groups around us and we receive help from the responsible corporate houses in the future.
We must thank all the Interactors, the board for the success of the project especially the initiators, President Amulya and Secretary Amir.
