Being first gen students ourselves, we faced problems in our education and didn't have career guidance. While working with young students, we saw the reflection of our confused school days in the students and realized that it was: first gen student problems. There are no organizations working solely for these students. Hence, we started First Gen Nepal as an effort to ease their problems.
First Generation Nepal: Breaking the English Language Barrier sessions revolve around conducting team building activities, critical thinking sessions and design thinking, while focusing on learning English. In Nepal, English as a language is taught in a pedagogic and rot learning method. Breaking the English Language Barrier session has been designed including the basics of the English language so that the students can form a base and have a better understanding of the language. They are provided with a workbook and a resource center for learning where they can access all the reading and writing materials as and when required.
Public schools here, are based in Nepali language hence English conversations are not common. With the session, English conversations are included and encouraged so that the students find ease in practicing among their friends and continue to do so in the long run.
First Generation Nepal, has have more than 500 students impacted which first started with only 20 students. We have connected mentees with mentors from respective fields and have a network formed of over 199 members.
From starting with a pilot project of Breaking the English Language Barrier sessions in a community school, then expanding to public schools in the valley. We have conducted the 8 weeks long session in more than 10 schools within the duration of 6 months of its commencement and now are soon expanding to more schools. Facilitators are being trained for the same, and meticulously planned workbook considering all the feedbacks from over 100 students has been designed.
Apart from this, with our other programs, we have impacted overall of over 4100 students in Nepal.
Please feel free to connect with us if you want to add to the resource collection or facilitate our sessions. You can also check our website, lokopakar.com or, email us at lokopakarb@gmail.com for more details.
