Meet the Learners
In Kathmandu, Nepal, children and families are proving every day that potential has nothing to do with poverty.
Where They Learn
A city of over three million people, where opportunity and poverty live side by side.
The children of PEP walk to school through neighbourhoods close to home to a school selected by PEP for their specific situation.
Schools are under-resourced, crowded, but happy places in a culturally rich environment. PEP kids love to learn.Â
The Children
Eager, curious, and full of potential. The children of PEP are not defined by what they lack — they are defined by what they carry. Every one of them has a God-given design waiting to be developed.
The Parents
Faithful, committed, and courageous. PEP parents show up to every seminar, pay their small share every month, and believe in their children completely — even when the system has never believed in them.
What Stands in Their Way
Without a Helper
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School fees that consume an impossible share of a minimal and inconsistent family income.
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Parents who care deeply, are at best semi-literate, but cannot navigate the school system.
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No safety net when things go wrong.Â
With a Helper
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School fees covered — directly to the school, every month.
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A dedicated field officer advocating for every child.
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Monthly home and school visits ensuring no child falls through the cracks.
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Life-skills to remove the poverty paradigms that keep the family stuck in generational patterns.
2020 Family photo
He was nine and in Grade 4 when PEP started. Bright eyes, eager hand in class. He lives with his mom and dad in a single room in Kathmandu — roughly the size of a parking space. Shared bathroom down the hall. His parents weave carpets for western markets. Rent takes almost everything they earn. His mom walks with a limp — a fracture sustained from falling off and being run over by a bus and never properly treated. His dad didn't learn to read. Neither of them can help Sajan with his homework or navigate the school system on his behalf. But they show up to every parent seminar. They pay their small share of his school fees every single month without fail. They believe in their son completely. Sajan doesn't need someone to feel sorry for him. He needs someone to launch him. That's what PEP is for. And families like Sajan's are exactly who we're here to serve.
Meet Sajan.
