Nan Kali Sunuwar hasn’t been to school a day in her life, but she’s determined that her grandchildren get all the opportunities to learn that she never did.
She was recently seen accompanying granddaughter Roshani to the Reading Mela held at the Sharada Secondary School in Bheriganga Municipality in Surkhet District.
“I might not understand what’s written in the books, but it makes me so happy to see that she does,” Nan Kali says of Roshani.
The Reading Mela, organized by the Bheriganga Municipality, is part of an overall reading campaign that has been running at the school for the past month or so, led by the municipality in partnership with CEHRD, with support from an EU-UNICEF initiative to strengthen the Government of Nepal’s COVID-19 education response.
The Mela is one of the activities included the reading campaign – so far held in 100 schools in Karnali and Sudurpaschim Provinces – part of a range of efforts to promote a culture of reading among young children.
“It’s been such a good day seeing everyone gathered to read and learn… it makes me think I should go to school too!” Nan Kali says with a laugh.
(Source-UNISEF NEPAL)