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Roshan’s Friends (R.F) is a private non
profit organization started by Lars
Jensen in collaboration with Hari Dharel
and Roshan Subedi in 1996.
Since 1998 we have been supporting two
villages in the remote Chepang Gaun
area. We provide medicine and school
material on a regular basis. In the
uppermost village the people are very
poor and they are former honey hunters.
Since they had to go several hours to
get water, we laid a pipeline for water
and provided them with water. We provide
the water for the village on an annual
basis for 50,000 Nrs.
When we first came to the area there was
no school, no teacher, and only one man
could read and write. They had to go for
4 hours to reach school and 4 hours to
get back to home again, so that was out
of the question.
We have built a school with 3 classrooms
and are building 2 more classrooms from
October 2005. The community builds the
extra rooms. We cover the costs of
materials including furniture.
The grades are from 1st to 5th grade.
Other than school materials we provide
the students with one school uniform a
year, otherwise they can not go to
school.
 We pay the teacher’s salary of 30,000
Nrs. per year. Since autumn 2005 we have
initiated an adult reading/writing
projects 4 times a week. In the same
manner as we have had in the Gorkha area
since 1998, with great success. There
are presently 62 students in our School.
Furthermore we sponsor 7 boys and 3
girls from grade 6 to 8 with uniforms
and school materials.
They go to school lower down in the
valley. Before winter 2005 the villagers
will receive 100 blankets and 200 warm
shirts will be made after measure by the
local tailor.
In 2000 we initiated a forestation
programme to conserve the forest and
plant trees. This is now being supported
by other organizations.
Since 2000 we have a family planning
programme in both villages.
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