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Read about some students that attend the SAV school!

1) Hello, My name is Swastik Kafle. I'm 11 years old. I read in class 4 in SAV School. I like playing football. I want to become a doctor. I like to help my mother in the kitchen. My mother is a housewife and father is a farmer. I've a younger sister. She goes to school with me. She studies in class 3.

2) Hi friends, I'm Manisha Gurung (girl) . I'm 9 years old. I study in class 3. My school's name is SAV. I live in Bageshwori. My favourite subject is English. My best food is Daal and Bhat. I like to wear T-shirt and skirt. I like to draw and play local games. There are 6 members in my family. I've 3 sisters but no brothers. I want to become a good teacher.3

3) Hello, I'm Pooja Kafle (girl) . I'm 9 years old. I read in Class 3. My like to wear Kurth and Suruwal (nepali dress). I want to become a doctor. My hobby is drawing and painting. My best colour is blue. There are 7 members in my family. I've 2 sisters and parents and grand father and grand mother. Our staple food is Daal and Bhat. I like to visit new places. I have many friends here. I like to make more new friends.

4) Hello friends, I'm Jagriti Dahal. I'm 8 years old. I go to school. My school's name is SAV. I live in a village. I like green.. I like to eat bread but we mostly eat daal and bhat at home. I like to wear t-shirt and pants. I like drawing and painting. My father is a farmer and my mother is a housewife. We have small house in a village. I want to become a doctor and help poor people of my village.

Through reading these mini-biographies that the students themselves wrote, it is seen that some can't speak english properly. English is the Universal language so it is crucial that these students develop their capacity to speak this language.

(Information given by Govinda Panthy)

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Questions and Answers for founder and principal of SAV, Govinda Panthy

 1) Are the teachers at SAV from local areas?

Most of the teachers at SAV school are from local areas. Though parents and students prefer teachers from distant, we can't offer them good pay. Local teacher work in a minimum pay. But it's really hard to find good teachers in minimum pay. I wish we had a good fund for hiring good teachers.

2) Are one of your goals for SAV to have a high school? Right now, where is the closest High School to SAV and how much does it cost?   Certainly my goal is to provide rural family children quality education. I'm dedicated to it. But we h ave many problems about resources. There's not such school nearby. The students have to walk more than an hour (5 km) to reach the closest high school. You can understand how difficult it is to go and come back carrying bagful of books every day. There's no bus service. I guess you can't imagine this torture. If we can find resources we are really interested to run high school here. It's been the demand of this area and time too. But I'm indifference to it since we dn't have any fund for that.

3) How does your school manage with so little electricity?

Actually we don't have any electrical gadgets at school. We really don't need electricity at school at present. If we had computers, fans, heaters, photo copiers, printers and so on, then electricity would be essential. I hope your support will bring changes in our school.

Panthy, Govinda. Interview with Peters Sharon. 29 Jan. 2009. 