If the children fails to perform the minimum standard of passing the class VIII, we offer them the opportunity to get themselves trained in the skills of carpentry and electrician for the boys and tailoring for the girls in our own vocational training within the school compound. Currently there are 40 parttime and 7 fulltime trainees, which are funded by the Trans Himalayan Aid, Canada.

Carpentry

Electrician

Tailoring

We are networking with the various prospective factories and centre for fixing a suitable job once they finish their three year’s training or encourage and help them set up their own small workshops on the case by case basis. This is a very useful alternative source of education, which is very relevant to the backgrounds of our students here.

SOME SUCCESS STORIES RELATING TO THE EX-TRAINEES:

• Mr Santosh Yadav, a post-polio paralysis case, having successfully completed the three years’ training programme in tailoring from our school, between the period of year 1993-96, got a job as tailoring trainer in one of the small local NGO at Pashupatinath (a holiest site of Hindus) in Kathmandu. He is now married and father of a child. While continuing with this job, he has also set up a small scale NGO of his own; giving crash trainings in stitching and tailoring to the poor and deprived youths. He is indeed doing very well.
  
• Mr Shyam Babu and Mr Pema Lama after successfully completed their three years’ carpentry training under our vocational training programmes have now been employed in one of the biggest and famous furniture company in the whole of Nepal. They are picking up new and more advanced carpentry skills with new innovation and technology. Shyam was an orphan and spent his childhood in the streets of Boudhanath in Kathmandu between 1992-95 before we admitted him in our school. He was 13 years old when he came into our school and studied here for 6 years before he joined the carpentry training. He became exceptionally skillful in the carpentry works. Quite recently, a small mud house and a cornfield belonging to his grand-parents were damaged by the landslides in Pharping, the vicinity of Kathmandu. He is now helping them to rebuild these damages.
  
• Ms Phurbu Tsomo who comes from a very poor family was admitted in our school in 1996. After studying VI class she did tailoring training for 3 years. She is now married and lives in Rasuwa village of Western Nepal. She is successfully pursuing her tailoring profession and does brisk business there. She is the main breadwinner of the family.

		Ram Maya in the picture (left) comes from a poor peasant family of rural Makwanpur District with nine siblings. Except her youngest brother none of them have any opportunity of going to school. Since birth her left leg is totally crippled. We have fitted her with an artificial leg after going through a major surgical operation, last year, which has added a new joy in her life and is now, able to walk without any support system. She is one of the most talented trainees and completed her full training course by the spring 2005. She went home and doing tailoring work in the village.
Ram Maya then and ......... now

During the training period, they perform some very useful and productive services by repairing the school furniture and fixtures, stitching curtains and making and repairing school uniforms, repairing the electrical fittings etc as part of their on the job training which has double edged benefits.

We had cases of 3 girl students failing to achieve their academic performances beyond class IX despite their hard efforts. We sent two of them to health worker’s training and one to beautician course.

Embroidry

Electrician class.

Carpentry

Buddha Academy
G.P.O. Box 8568, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel.: +977 1 4912413 (office)
Fax: +977 1 4912667 (office)

Email: babs@mos.com.np