Nepal Community Partners Celebrate Volunteers’ Return in 2023
…helped restore normalcy to the local people’s lives. “It was a long, hard time for the students during the pandemic,” said Stephen. “It had a devastating effect on our communities. Many children and adult students dropped out of school, or just couldn’t continue their schooling. But the presence of volunteers motivated the children to come to school and learn from them again.” The residual economic and educational devastation left in Covid’s wake is unmistakable. Global Volunteers’ Nepalese consultant and director of Papa’s House Children’s Home, Buddi Man Shrestha, said educational assistance is greatly needed now to help repair the societal damage throughout the country. “The epidemic caused a lot of pain in the lives of poor people, and deprived them of business, study, and work,” he insisted. “But now, the volunteers assure us we can rise above the previous situation… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, %category% in categories, 0 in tags, %taxonomy% in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 232.48)