Sweaters Campaign

A student without a sweater faces not only Kathmandu's bitter winter, but also embarrassment in front of classmates. Sweaters Campaign channeled 100% of donation to those students.

How volunteers helped 164 students in government schools who were facing Kathmandu's bitter winter without sweaters?

1. By the time, the campaign started, winter was already at its peak.  There was little time to prepare.
2. There was no funding, no blue-print on how to proceed!

• Closing Report presented by the Volunteers can be found here.

Closing Status on Feb 13th: 

• 164 received sweaters.
• 104 people pledged Rs 68000.
• Usage of this fund 

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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 bitter cold morning. The team collected some funds at the spot to buy sweater and donate to the students.