Carnevali Foundation’s Work in Nepal
Updated: Oct 7
The Carnevali Foundation adopted its first school in Nepal in 2019, at the urging of co-founder Giuseppe Carnevali. The Dhrubatara School is located in Kathmandu. During our first visits, we were greeted by a hearty welcome and a good opportunity to visit other potential sites. Parents and staff provided a great overview and clear plans for the project. The new school accommodated over 500 students in grades 1 to 10. Today, that school has a strength of 582 students and also houses the Carnevali Technical High School, for an additional 42 students.
Since then, we have continued to fund transformative education projects in Nepal, which our partner Chay Ya Nepal has carried out with deep community engagement and technical expertise.
For example, Chay Ya has always made it a practice not to build schools near rivers, meaning that all schools adopted by Carnevali Foundation were not affected by the recent flooding disaster and our students are all safe.
Together, we have created safe and opportunity-rich learning spaces that continue to advance Carnevali Foundation’s educational vision and uplift rural communities and hundreds of children in Nepal through high-quality education.
According to UNICEF, over the last 20 years, Nepal has made significant progress in education. However, the country still has many challenges to tackle.
Issues that persist in education include poor quality and inequity in access, geographical remoteness, gender, and socioeconomic and ethnic differences.
770,000 children aged 5-12 years are still out of school.
Only a half of students in grades 3, 5 and 8 meet the academic achievement criteria for Nepali and mathematics.
Attendance in early childhood education is still low at 51 per cent.
Very few schools meet child-friendly school standards.
Only 11 percent of school buildings are earthquake-resistant.
