In 2005 after a decade of teaching, Troy Harris, CanWES Founder, was ready for a new challenge in his life. Troy knew that he wanted to help people in some way, but he had no clear concept of where his efforts were needed most. In order to better understand how to help, Troy felt that he needed to see, first hand, the difficulties people faced. After taking a leave of absence from his full-time teaching position and traveling around the globe, it was in the mountains of Nepal that Troy realized what he wanted to do. During a 3 week trek in the Himalayas with his guide, Mahindra Dahal, Troy learned a great deal about Nepalese schools. He found out that many students travel 1-2 hours a day to get to school, and as a result, parents encouraged them to stay home and help with working the fields. As a child, Mahindra and his family were forced to leave their community as a result of these conditions. In the end, Mahindra became a fully trained teacher but couldn’t find employment because the Nepalese government gives teaching positions to unqualified people for both personal and political gain. As Troy listened to his stories, he was saddened by the fact that so many children in Nepal were being deprived of the knowledge and passion teachers like Mahindra could offer. Troy felt that if schools were readily accessible, and qualified teachers were placed in the classrooms, it would greatly benefit both individuals and their communities. Troy has made it his mission to help institute this change.
FOUR FOR FOUR
CanWES is in need of its annual funding to assist in the operation of the Everest English School in Sanitar, Nepal. All money donated will go toward affording the students of Sanitar village the right to quality education. This new concept of CanWES fundraising is based on the simple formula of collecting $100 donations. If each of us asked our FOUR closest friends to match our donation of one hundred dollars FOR the Canadian World Education Society’s FOURth Anniversary, we would be able to send these impoverished children to school, pay for their uniforms, maintain the school, as well as pay staff salaries.
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Please take the time to read more about our small organization that is committed to improving access to education in developing regions. With your generous donation we can assist in overcoming existing barriers to education. The CanWES goal is to provide communities with the opportunities to build and operate schools … and you can help. Together, let’s improve the future for all youth regardless of ability, gender, or socio-economic status.
Construction of the third building
The Canadian World Education Society is proud to announce that we have achieved our goal of being able to offer quality education to students from nursery to grade 12. We have just begun the construction of our third building at the Everest English School in Nepal. This will be an eight room, two storey building that creates enough space for the current students to continue with their education up to grade 12, without ever having to leave the village. Not having to leave the village means these students have additional time to assist with daily chores necessary to the survival of their family. We are exited about this good news, and we hope to display more photos of the construction in Nepal as it develops.
