Kids of Kathmandu

10,000 kids! That's how many children will have new schools when we are finished. Donate and Join us! #rebuildnepal #nepal #education #rebuildingschools #kidsofkathmandu #AFN #shoparchitects @shoparchitects

We've broken ground!!! 9 of 50 schools are now in the process of being rebuilt in Kavre, Sindupalchowk, and Ramechap. In addition to the structures themselves, our international partnerships are providing clean water systems, new furniture and whiteboards, solar, and computers. 10,000 students will have #newschools when we are finished. Donate and join us! #rebuildnepal #kidsofkathmandu #nepal #education @shoparchitects photo by @williamvazqueznyc

Stone laying ceremonies are taking place in #Sindupalchok, blessing the grounds where the new schools will be rebuilt. This is a community effort...and is to help create a bright future for these cute little faces full of potential. #education #kidsofkathmandu #nepal #rebuildnepal #rebuildingschools Photo: @bhushandahal

Kids on the way to Buddhist stone laying ceremony for our first school with #asianfreindshipnetwork and @shoparchitects. 1 down, 49 to go! #rebuildnepalwithus donate www.kidsofkathmandu.org #nepal #education #school #earthquake #learningiseverything (at Sindhupalchok)

Plotting the 50 schools we are rebuilding with our Nepali and international team! Building begins on 3 primary schools next week in #Kavre and #Sindhupalchok for over 300 kids! #rebuildnepalwithus @shoparchitects @kidsofkathmandu #asianfreindshipnetwork #nepal #education #rebuildnepal #schools #design #learningiseverything

A devastating 6 minute video in this week's NY Times about the importance of #cleanwater and the incredible risk #Nepal is up against after the #earthquake. This issue is no joke. We are installing #water purification systems at every #school we are #rebuilding for the kids and community. We are receiving 4,500 Pack H2Os (water backpacks) so that children can transport the purified water home for the rest of their family. We are also conducting Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (#WaSH) workshops as every school is completed. The cost is $4,000 for one water system per school. All donations appreciated! Namaste and thank you! www.kidsofkathmandu.org #kidsofkathmandu #health #packh20 @packH20 #rebuildingschools #education photo by @tshivs

Hello from the offices of @shoparchitects!! We are SO pleased to announce that we are working with the insanely talented and incredibly generous architects at SHoP on prototypes for the 52 schools we are rebuilding with our partner alliance in Nepal post #earthquake. Collaborating with architects and engineers both in NY and in Nepal, as well as the Nepali government and our AFN partners, these designs are at the forefront of excitement, social responsibility, sustainability. They will incorporate seismic structures, fresh air circulation, rainwater collection and filtration, solar power, bright classrooms, and most importantly a rebuilt school to inspire the children and teachers too! When monsoon ends next month, ground will be breaking! Be part of this exciting (big!) project with us and donate www.kidsofkathmandu.org If you would like to host a Night for Nepal at your apt, get in touch! We will help supply refreshments and the 15 minute presentation. You supply your caring friends!#nightfornepal #kidsofkathmandu #education #rebuildnepal #rebuildingschools #school #educationisopportunity #design #architecture #nepal #shoparchitects (at Woolworth Building, Broadway 233)

Bitisha, 2015. For the next 24 hours only! Have your donation matched when you support education for our kids at the orphanage in class 7-9. You can see them on the link in our profile and donate specifically. Ends tomorrow AM! Thank you!! #education #opportunity #nepal #rebuildnepal #kidsofkathmandu #theschoolfund www.theschoolfund.org/kidsofkathmandu

“Schools offer safety and a place for students ‘to get away from the hardship....They can start focusing on the ABCs, and one, two, threes, instead of focusing on, ‘My house is destroyed.’” (edweek) #education #nepal #nepalearthquake #rebuildnepal #rebuildschools #schools #kidsofkathmandu Photo: @surajshakya

“Children can recover quickly if they feel they are in a safe place, are cared for and have a sense of routine that school can provide… And when children are attending school, it frees up their parents to do what they have to do to put food on the table and rebuild their own lives” (pbs) #rebuildnepal #kidsofkathmandu #lovetonepal #education #schools #nepal photo: @surajshakya

Keeping schools open and available both for girls and for upper school students in general is incrediblly important as Nepal's generations of now are working to establish a new ground level of education. The earthquake has put this progress at great risk. Thus the need for new schools rebuilt where 90% have fallen cannot be overstated. We are putting together an incredible team for the 52 schools and 7,000 students we will be serving. Details to come. Funds very much welcome. Www.kidsofkathmandu.org thank you! Photo by @surajshakya #education#nepal #kidsofkathmandu #rebuildnepal #lovetonepal #rebuildschools

An amazing thing is happening! The number of kids our rebuilt schools will serve has gone from 4,000 to 7,000..and that has made our need for school stationary nearly double! Enter the incredible and very popular Nepali band Kutumba, who has put together a string of THIRTY shows at schools across Kathmandu. The kids at these schools are donating stationary books for the kids in the schools we are rebuilding that lost everything!! This is Nepal for Nepal. It is Schools for Schools. And it is music in the air! Thank you to everyone who is part of this amazing effort! #schoolsforschools #education#nepal#kidsofkathmandu #kutumba #rebuildnepal #lovetonepal

HE PASSED! Ramesh passed his #SLC (School Leaving Certificate) Exam and is in good standing for Class 11 moving forward. The SLC is a very important exam given to all Class 10 students across Nepal, a passing grade ensuring that you can move on to higher education. Ramesh has his eye on hotel management, and we are behind him all the way. Bravo! Photo by @tshivs #nepal #education #kidsofkathmandu #lovetonepal

Schools in Sindupalchok were completely destroyed in the #earthquake. As the rains come, we are moving quickly to put up temporary schools, giving the children a place to learn, and a chance to move forward with their daily lives. Donate link in our profile and join us. #kidsofkathmandu #nepal #education #buildingschools #rebuildnepal #lovetonepal photo by @surajshakya

More than 8,000 people were killed in the April 25th #earthquake, which hit on a Saturday, the only day of the week that there is no school. Our team is in #Sindupalchok at the moment, where schools now look like this. It's chilling to imagine how many more lives could have been lost had it been a school day... Our team, with the permission of the Nepali government, is in the process of putting together a prototype for a very exciting new school #design, with the most progressive technologies for #sustainability and safety. We can't wait to share as the process unfolds. In the meantime, donate here towards school rebuilding www.kidsofkathmandu.org THANK YOU. #nep #nepalearthquake #rebuildnepal #lovetonepal #kidsofkathmandu