Greatest Need: Nepal

Help connect 27,000 youth in 75 rural Himalayan schools. $8,100 is all that is needed for this fifth container of 400 computers. COPPADES (Committee for the Promotion of Public Awareness and Development Studies) is placing a small number of computers in each of hundreds of rural schools and then working with them to connect to the Internet.

In most of the developing world access to computers and Internet technologies is negligible, with supporting infrastructure spotty at best. This is true for Nepal where the average GDP per person is $1,200 and under 2% of the people currently use the Internet -- an indicator that can negatively impact sustainable development, poverty alleviation and most importantly – education.

WCE has worked for 7 years with this strong Partner with a demonstrated effectiveness at gradually connecting school after school. 

WCE is pleased to be again supporting the Committee for the Promotion of Public Awareness and Development Studies (COPPADES), an NGO in Nepal, in an effort to implement Basic Computer and Information Technology Education (BCICT).

COPPADES has worked throughout Nepal for many development projects that uplift the communities through the empowerment of the women children and the poorest and most marginalized members of society. Working with WCE, COPPADES to help connect 300 rural schools with 109,000 students to the Internet.

You can help support this project in Nepal:

BY CHECK:  If you wish to donate to this shipment via a check on a bank in the USA or Canada, please include the note "Nepal " on your check and mail it to: WCE 936 Nantasket Ave. Hull, Mass. 02045 USA.

We will send you a tax deductible receipt if you are in the USA.  Or our affiliate WCE-Canada can send you a receipt if you donate to them.