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Nepalese students give up snack money to help Bhotekoshi flood victims

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Students at schools in Achham, Kapilvastu and Rautahat donated snack money to relief funds for children affected by the Bhotekoshi floods in Rasuwa.
  • Shodasha Secondary School students raised Rs14,255, while students at Rastriya Janahit Secondary School collected Rs10,050.
  • Teachers said students organized the efforts themselves and wanted to help children who had lost homes, relatives or access to education.

Some students in western Nepal gave up their snack money to help children affected by the Bhotekoshi floods in Rasuwa. At Shodasha Secondary School in Mangalsen Municipality-5, Achham, the idea came from ninth-grader Yunik KC during a meeting of the student-led child club.

I felt that even if we did not have much money, we could still do something.

· Yunik KCThe ninth-grader proposed that his school’s child club collect donations for children affected by the floods.

Students had been watching images and videos of destroyed homes, separated families and disrupted schooling. Although Achham lies far from Rasuwa, the club decided to collect voluntary donations for children who had lost homes, relatives or access to education.

Representatives visited classrooms at the school, which serves about 1,500 students. Students contributed between Rs5 and Rs500, with some using money they would normally spend on snacks. The school collected Rs8,785 on the first day and Rs5,470 on the second, for a total of Rs14,255 deposited into the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.

For some of us, it meant using the money we would normally spend on snacks so that it could help students affected by the flood. Seven friends who have lost their parents also contributed. We wanted to help students like us.

· Laxmi ShahiThe grade 10 student explained why students donated money intended for snacks.

At Pragatisheel Basic School in Mangalsen, students donated one day’s snack money and raised Rs585. In Kapilvastu, nine-year-old Somya Upadhyay donated Rs50 and seven-year-old Radhika Kohar gave Rs30 after skipping their snacks. Their school collected Rs10,050, with more than 200 of its 350 students contributing. In Rautahat, 26 students pooled Rs5 and Rs10 portions of their snack money and deposited Rs470 into the relief fund.

A contribution is not big or small. The country is facing a disaster, and the students themselves took the initiative to collect relief. I have only been facilitating them.

· Dhan Kumar KCThe teacher at Shodasha Secondary School described the students’ relief campaign.

Teachers described the donations as student-led efforts to help peers affected by the disaster. “For some of us, it meant using the money we would normally spend on snacks so that it could help students affected by the flood,” said grade 10 student Laxmi Shahi. “Seven friends who have lost their parents also contributed. We wanted to help students like us.”

The students made the collection box themselves and went from classroom to classroom asking their friends to contribute.

· Raj Kumar KoharThe headmaster of Rastriya Janahit Secondary School described how students organized their donation drive.
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Originally published by Kathmandu Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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