Rural village schools

Nahida likes to study but she never had a chance to go to a school because her parents always moved from one place to another. “I always had a desire to go to a school but I come from a shepherd family and in the summer we move up to high pastures with our livestock and we are not allowed to live in the village,” explains Nahida.  “We move up to the pastures with our family. We go to the mountains for six months and we only care for our animals. Our parents never liked education and they also told us that going to a school is a waste of time.” 

In the fall of 2024, in a field surrounded by some of the highest mountain peaks in the Himalaya, 25 women graduated from our six-month mobile Adult Literacy Programme where they learned to read and write for the first time.  

Nahida says, “Attending this centre, my eyes are opened and I have realised the importance of education. I am able to read the prescription mentioned on different medicines. I have learned about the importance of health and hygiene. I have learned new things every day. I am so grateful for this rare chance to be enrolled at this centre.”