Barpak Sulikot rural municipality has provided free education with residential facilities to the orphaned and disabled children. Barpak Sulikot-6 Taku, Wahkot, Manaslu Hostel is being run and residential facilities are provided to the children.
There are 19 children from all over the village in the hostel. Dormitory inspector Suryakumar Shrestha said that the children living in the hostel are studying in Suryojyoti Secondary School from 2nd to 10th standard.
"Children who are in trouble without their parents are in the dormitory, the rural municipality has provided all the facilities for food and living," he said, "The work of providing residential facilities has been started so that they are not deprived of education due to the lack of support."
The rural municipality has started providing residential facilities to children from the 1st of May. He said that the children of the
dormitory have been provided with all facilities including food, stationery, materials needed for daily living. After seeing the impact of foreign employment and the situation where children are deprived of education due to various reasons, the rural municipality decided to start the hostel service through the village assembly.
After Manaslu Basic School of Bahkot was merged into Suryojyoti Mavi, the vacant school building was used as a dormitory, he said. The structure of the dormitory can accommodate up to 30 children. He said that there is a plan to add more children from the next academic session.
There are still 17/18 children who are in trouble without their parents. Now we are also planning to add children in March," he said. Up to 1 lakh 20 thousand rupees are being spent monthly for running the hostel. Shrestha said that the management of the expenses was arranged by the rural municipality. "Some materials are also supported by various organizations," he said, "we are aware that the children should not be deprived or uncomfortable." According to him, the hostel is managed by the village council in basic matters such as food, accommodation and care.
"When we understand the situation of children, we saw the necessity of running a dormitory. There are children in the dormitory who have not even received normal care due to foreign employment and social breakdown," he said. He said that psycho-social counseling is also provided to the children.
Children who do not have parents, whose father is not in contact, and whose parents are disabled and have problems in learning are kept in dormitories. Children without parents and guardians are selected based on the recommendations of schools and wards and arranged to stay in hostels.
