Sweaters Campaign 14-15

Campaign Status File

Pictures are in the fb album.

A student without a sweater faces not only Kathmandu's bitter winter, but also embarrassment in front of classmates.  Hundreds of poor students in government schools go without sweaters in Kathmandu's bitter winter. 

KG Volunteers visited government schools to provide them sweaters "on the spot". 

The campaign started min-winter.  There was little time to prepare.  There was no funding, no blue-print on how to proceed! The volunteers planned fund raising (104 people gave Rs 63000) and distributed sweaters to 164 students in need.  The campaign was formally closed on Feb 13th with 164 beneficiaries.

Volunteers from KUSOM executed this campaign, coordinated by Aparmita Tuladhar.
Ayush Manandhar, Chandan Nemkul, Nishan Neupane, Sara Sharma, Romisha Maharjan,  Avritti Bhattari, Sarina Shrestha, Puja Shrestha,  Sneha Shakya, Nischala Neupane, Aishwarya Dhakhwa,  Nilima Mali, Millee Maskey, Prayush Shakya, Nikki Hamal,  Rachita Tuladhar. Simron Shrestha

Activities Logged

• Feb 17 - Volunteers visited Kankeshwori School in Naradeive and distributed 74 sweaters. 
• Feb 13 - Volunteers visited Bhakta Bidhyashram School in Raktakali and distributed 25 sweaters.
• Feb 10 - Volunteers visited Shanti Shiksha Mandir School in Thaiti and distributed sweater to 31 students 
• Feb 7 & 8 - Volunteers from Kusom raised fund by 'face painting' in Basantapur and Patan durbar squares respectively. They raised over Rs10K so we could visit more schools 
• Feb 3 - Helped 34 students in Adarsha NiMaBi, Naxal. Students also showcased their talents in singing, poetry and jokes recitation. 
• Jan - Preparations: On 16th, met teachers to plan school visits. On 10th, formed a volunteer group in facebook.

How It Started 


Sweater campaign started when KG Team was visiting Tarani School in 2012 and found that students there were shivering in the bitter cold morning. The team collected some funds at the spot to buy sweater and donate to the students.  

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