Sharmila Vick of Galkot Municipality-8 Thalepokhara studies in class 8. It takes him 3 hours to reach school, and he has to walk for 3 and a half hours on the way back home.

There is a forest on the way. You have to travel on slippery roads in rainy season. His bag contains not only a copier but also a flashlight. His friend Suman Galami is also suffering from this pain. When they have to travel through the forest, they walk in groups. 

They are not safe when they travel for 6 and a half hours daily. Nor do they get time to read and write. 

All Thalepokhara residents who are financially poor cannot even educate their children by walking more than 6 hours a day. Chham Bahadur Galami, a local parent who is also a ward member, says that the children are suffering a lot. 

Thalepokhara at an altitude of 2,100 meters is good from a tourist point of view. But there is no secondary school in this village. Only primary level education is available. Children go to Shiv Mavi to study at primary and secondary level. There are 15 students from Thalepokhara who are studying at Shiv Mavi on Daramkhola bank. There are also some who study in Devkota Primary School. It is 1 hour closer than Shiva Mavi. But for classes 8 to 12, there is no option to run in Shiv Mavi.

Ward President Tej Prasad Sapkota said that he took the initiative to build housing after seeing the suffering of children. "We understood the problem of the children and decided to have a dormitory," he said, "if the municipality supports it, it will be fine, otherwise the children will have to be educated from the budget of the ward." 

He said that since children who walk for hours every day cannot read, they have coordinated with the Social Development Committee and Principal Hari Chalise to solve this problem. 

Chalise also said that the children are suffering in their studies and that there is a proposal to build a hostel on the two and a half ropani land currently in the name of the school. He said that there are currently two rooms and a toilet, so for the time being, they have taken the initiative to run the hostel with a small number of students. For that purpose, the city has been informed to collect proper buildings and other materials. 

Him Bahadur Bhandari, coordinator of the Social Development Committee, said that when we understand the real problem, we must help. "The children have suffered many problems and have studied, something must be done for their welfare." For that, there is a plan to run hostels and make the ward and municipality manage the children's accommodation. He also said that parents should be educated and children should be sent to school. 

Some parents do not want to send their children to school because of the geographical distance. They use it for housework. Chalise says that if a hostel can be built, not only Thalepokhara's but also helpless children and children with other problems from all over the city can be educated there. "Dalit and other children from poor families can be educated here," Chalise said, "with a small investment, children from poor families can be educated by building a city-level hostel." He said that no fee will be charged from the children.