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Manika joined HCC in 2012 when she was just eight years old. After years of hardwork and dedication, she is now in her senior year of a Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design. In March, as part of her senior project, she designed looks for a public fashion show. (Manika center right in photo above.)

In her own words…

In December 2024, the official date for the IEC designers runway, also known as The Graduation Show, was announced for 29th of March. This announcement shook our hearts and let us ride the roller coaster of emotions. All our learnings of the past few years would be showcased in the show. 

We were matched in small groups to work together and started by researching for the inspirations and themes for our show. After going through many processes, we decided to go with the theme “Celestial Tides” which represents the waves and the sparkles of the night sky. The beauty of the sea lets us explore the world of the ocean. Our theme was blue and the shades of blue.  Our principal agreed on he theme and we started working on the designs. We roughly sketched 50 designs and discussed thoroughly with our teachers. 

All the designs and theme works took us a good two months. We then went for fabric hunting and we visited every single store on New Road in Kathmandu. Getting a good fabric that could match our vision took us a week. Once we were only two weeks from the show, we were working day and night without rest. Sometimes, the raw materials would get finished or would need more or more ideas to grow and we would divide into two teams and one team would go to a new road to take the materials and one team would work on the patterns. On the 15th of March, we had a prejudgment day where the judges would check our final designs on the garments and check the fittings on the models. After, we received many feedbacks from our teachers we had many adjustments to make before the show. Working without any rest and so much pressure on our head, we were working so hard we would lose track of time and forget to have our meals. 

During the field visit, the Team:

• Distributed warm winter clothes, woolen caps, socks, mufflers, stationery, and personal care items.
• Collected of written updates and photographs for program records.
• Discussed recent exam results with students and their teachers.
• Conducted counselling sessions with students to support their academic and personal growth.

Ganga joined us at Himalayan Children’s Charities this past summer and she is already excelling in her studies! She is currently enrolled in 12th grade and is focusing on Law. Every year her school nominates a student who excels academically, actively participates in extracurriculars, and demonstrates discipline, honesty, and character. This year Ganga was nominated and won!

We are very proud of our newest student and excited to help her on her journey.

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Every month students participate in various mentoring sessions. July focused on time management. 

On July 17th, we had a life coaching session on the topic of time management. We team leaders (Angela, Tulsi, Dhirendra and Arun) chose this topic as it will be really helpful as a student to know how to manage time effectively in our day-to-day life.

In this session, we discussed what time really is. We briefly described the importance of time. Time management is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between various activities. We also learnt that effective time management enables you to work smarter, not harder, so that you get more done in less time, even when time is tight and pressures are high. 

We shared our opinion about procrastination, smart decisions and delegation. For learning more, we did an activity “prioritizing task” where we had cups of water and stones. We had to manage it according to the priority such that it needs to fit in the cup. Every team did it so well and we also did a role play where we portrayed two students and their behaviors. The drama shows how we can lack motivation and destroy our life. After the drama, we did the next activity that was writing down what we learnt as action, reflection, planning and learning. 

This session was very helpful and gave us a lot of knowledge on how we need to utilize each and every second of our lives. Effective time management leads to improved productivity, reduced stress, and better work-life balance. By mastering time management, you can achieve more with less effort and create more free time for yourself.

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Every month the student at Khushi Ghar are required to volunteer some of their time to local organizations around Kathmandu. They are free to choose something that aligns with their career path or they can choose something different each time. 

Ganga: My 5 sisters and I went to help in packing food for the poor. We packed about 500 or more .  We helped to pack rice and curry and divided among us where to distribute the food. We helped to pack food for  different places . As we distribute the food among the people  . They seemed so happy seeing their faces. I too felt happy.  This volunteering activity takes about 5 hours and it is very dear to our hearts.  

playtime activities, I used toys and games to provide mental stimulation and physical exercise for the dogs.

 These interactions helped the dogs to remain active and happy, and also provided them with much-needed socialization and emotional support.

Working at the center not only helped me develop practical skills but also reinforced my appreciation for the dedication and hard work involved in animal welfare. I look forward to continuing my volunteer work and further contributing to the well-being of the animals at the center.

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Bikash lost his father in the earthquake, leaving his mother to support  Bikash, his brother Bishal and their elderly grandparents. The earthquake destroyed almost all of the buildings, homes, and farms in their village, jeopardizing the family’s primary source of income from agriculture and animal rearing. 

Bikash is one of our Rise students and he just finished 10th grade. At the end of 10th grade all students in Nepal have to take an exam, the Secondary Education Exam (SEE). You need to pass this to be able to progress to grade 11. Bikash scored a 3.96 (out of 4), which was the second highest grade in the whole Dhading district. He was honored by the local government, He is on summer break now and will go to focus on science in 11 and 12th grades. His plan is to be a doctor.

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